Twitter/X migrated to Cloudflare, bypassing Brazilian block

[fabioyy]

twitter/X migrated to Cloudflare, rendering the block imposed by the Brazilian judiciary ineffective.

will Cloudflare block twitter on brazil?

[jrflowers]

Looks like Cloudflare has already agreed to block Twitter in Brazil.

https://noticias.uol.com.br/colunas/andreza-matais/2024/09/1...

[tuyuri]

When the block became effective, I asked how much it would cost to migrate to Cloudflare. It appears that it wasn’t that expensive, haha.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41406367

[vfclists]

The real question is whether is whether it is right for the judges of a country to block access to a service that the countries depend on.

For instance in the UK the government can stop local media from publishing news that is considered libellous or defamatory, or may unjustly influence court cases, but they can't stop citizens from accessing that information if it is published in a news outlet outside the country.

No one is questioning why the Brazilian judiciary should have that power. It seems rather excessive and an infringement of Brazilians rights, though that is not surprising when we live in a era when governments have taking upon themselves to decide what their citizens rights are, when human rights are supposed to be intrinsic, ie those that all fauna on the planet do.

[goofed]

> No one is questioning why the Brazilian judiciary should have that power.

Actually, millions of people are, and senators are seeking this judge's impeachment.

[PauloManrique]

> No one is questioning why the Brazilian judiciary should have that power. It

That's the point, they don't. There's nothing in the law for him to back his decisions. But we just hope for our senate to take action.

[13415]

It's the Supreme Court, not some random small claims court. That needs to be taken into account.

[more_corn]

In tomorrow’s news, Cloudflare blocked by Brazil.

[kingofthehill98]

I'd say it's more likely that Cloudflare will receive a legal order to block X in Brazil.

[goofed]

Why Elon didn't use the same strategy with China?

[tmottabr]

Because it does not work..

Sure, it makes technically harder to block.. But governments don't rely only technical solutions for problems..

China, like Brazil is doing, would order Cloudflare to block Twitter and they would have to choose either comply and help China block it, like they are doing in Brazil, or challenge and not comply and face the consequences and likely a full block..

Having Cloudflare fully blocked in both countries would be terrible for business as they have many other customers so it is economically best to comply and potentially loose one customer then challenge the order and loose the entire market..

[PauloManrique]

Because he's not questioning a law, he's questioning the judge not following the law.

[readyplayernull]

"as many positions as the kamasutra" sounds like a good motto for Xwitter.

[KomoD]

Looks like they only use it in Brazil, everywhere else seems to resolve to regular Twitter IPs

[kingofthehill98]

Then our Supreme Court will have to issue a legal order to Cloudflare, which has representatives in Brazil, to block X nation-wide.

Blocking Cloudflare itself wouldn't make any sense as our country systems themselves would get hurt and I don't think Cloudflare will deny such order.

[ChrisArchitect]

Migrated...what.. to Cloudflare?

[phoe-krk]

Twitter, currently known as X.

[CLiED]

I dunno, still down to me.

[goofed]

DNS propagation can take a while. Some people couldn't access earlier and they can now.

[pjmlp]

Good luck fighting countries, if Brazil is serious about this, it will be blocked again.

[diegoholiveira]

It's really interesting that CloudFlare accepted X (Twitter) as a client knowing the fights Musk gets into.

[exabrial]

We really need to avoid a future where censorship is regarded as a virtue and monopolized transit providers are "cancelled" or shamed into being the judge/jury/executioner.

The far better solution is just to ignore stuff you don't agree with, go outside, and move on with life.

[Barracoon]

Cloudflare was happy to host Kiwi Farms for a long time. I doubt they care what Musk does.

[kotaKat]

Google Ads took Twitter on, too. Google now delivers ads directly into Twitter that /sort of/ look like tweets, but just off enough to tell they’re ads. The “Why this ad” sends you off to Google.

[KTibow]

They probably gave a high quote that got paid anyway.