Some X users in Brazil have said they can once again access the social media website, the BBC has learned.
This comes after the platform, formerly known as Twitter, was banned in the country on 31 August.
The change was made possible after the company, which is owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, moved their service to servers hosted by Cloudflare, according to ABRINT, the country’s leading trade group for Internet Service Providers (ISP).
X, Cloudflare, and Brazil’s telecom agency Anatel have not responded to a request for comment.
A news release from ABRINT explains how Musk worked through a loophole to allow access to the platform in the country.
It says the X app was updated overnight and the new software started using IP address linked through Cloudfare, which “makes app blocking much more complicated”.
“Unlike the previous system, which used specific, blockable IPs, the new system uses dynamic IPs that change constantly,” the news release states. “Many of these IPs are shared with other legitimate services, such as banks and large internet platforms, making it impossible to block an IP without affecting other services.”
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