Some social media users reported, on the morning of this Wednesday (18), a return sudden of X formerly Twitter. Access was possible for a few minutes via the smartphone app. Use via the browser remained blocked.
On other platforms, such as Bluesky, which has become an alternative for Brazilians since X was banned in the country, profiles posted about the soon-to-be return, filling the timeline with memes , gifs and comments . See below.
However, at around 10 am, the phones that managed to access it had their access blocked again.
See reactions from internet users about the brief return of “X”, the former Twitter account
*Twitter is back* Anatel: not for long Twitter:
— SAMENGO (@samengo.eclipseroad.com) September 18, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Bluesky seeing you guys coming back to Twitter at the first opportunity
— SAMENGO (@samengo.eclipseroad.com) September 18, 2024 at 9:27 AM
people coming back to twitter right now:
— Braga Central (@centraldobraga.bsky.social) September 18, 2024 at 10:18 AM
I don’t want to go back to Twitter
— gray (@ghostingris.bsky.social) September 17, 2024 at 11:12 PM
So far, there is no official information about the definitive return of “X” in Brazil or about what would have caused access to the platform to return earlier. The network has been blocked in the country since the 30th, by order of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
Wanted by CNN the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) reported that there was no change in Minister Moraes’ decision and that it is verifying the reported cases. CNN also contacted the STF (Supreme Federal Court) to comment on the episode and is awaiting a response.
Bluesky: Meet the network that gained 1 million users after the fall of X
This content was originally published in X’s “lightning” return to Brazil generates memes; see on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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