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·
    3 months ago

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

    • powerofm@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      3 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