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On Tuesday, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the country’s telecommunications agency Anatel to unblock X within 24 hours, writing that it has fulfilled “all the requirements necessary for the immediate return of activities.
However, this won’t mean an immediate return to service for the app. As noted by the Brazilian outlet Poder360, Anatel still needs to notify Brazil’s 20,000 different internet service providers to remove the restrictions, which will vary by the system they use.
Before capitulating in August to “court decisions to block certain popular accounts in Brazil,” the company had withdrawn its legal representative in the country, spurring the ban. Then, Justice de Moraes issued the ban on August…