The ban follows a long-running battle between Brazil’s supreme court and Elon Musk. It shows the country will no longer tolerate tech giants ignoring the rule of law.
  • octoturt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    317·
    2 months ago

    unfortunately i still have to side against national firewalls even when i think they’re extremely funny

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      141·
      2 months ago

      I initially agreed with you but this is a bit different. Actually haven’t banned anything it’s just a court order so it wasn’t done because some politician decided it should happen it was done because of things that Twitter chose to do, or not do as the case may be.

      Presumably this won’t be permanent provided the capitulate.

    • powerofm@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I think they don’t have a literal national firewall, rather they demanded every single ISP in the country to block the domain.

      • Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        Anyone who tries to use software to access the platform now faces fines of up to A$13,000 per day.

        Criminalizing access sounds worse than a national firewall but sure.

      • octoturt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        22·
        2 months ago

        i’m pretty sure that’s how most national firewalls work. it’s still government censorship of internet resources on a national level