A ruling of the Brazil’s Supreme Court has resulted in a nationwide ban of X.
On Friday , September 6 , thePhiladelphia Eagleswill play the Green Bay Packers inSão Paulo , Brazil . It will be the first ever NFL plot to take place in the land — a sign of the league ’s efforts to reach unexampled , untapped markets . To get an idea of the viewing mightiness of Brazilians , here ’s a stat:100 million peoplewatch Globo , a Brazilian TV electronic internet , every sidereal day . The most watchedSuper Bowlin story had 123.7 million viewers .
If the NFL can get even a small percentage of Brazilians to ascertain their games , their marketplace expand massively . But , with all this chance , no one will be capable to share the experience on X — Brazilian or not . The nation lately banned the platform in the country , with a terror of$9,000 fines per dayaccording to the AP . No one who traveled to Brazil — reporters , player , fans — will be able to tweet about the experience . Sure , they can share it on other platforms , but for anyone relying on X as their windowpane to the residual of the worldly concern , you ’re SOL .
The ban came after a Brazil Supreme Court opinion , and will most notably move Brazilian user on the platform . But it will also bear upon so much of the cyberspace culture supported by those Brazilian users . Some of the most popular rooter and celebrity account on X were run by Brazilian posters . ( @21MetGala , anyone ? ) We are n’t expire to only lose out on the play - by - play of what it ’s like to trip to Brazil to cover up an Eagles secret plan — coverage I am in person vest in — but everyone is losing the “ Come to Brazil ! ” ethnical powerhouse that became synonymous with Twitter stan Sir Frederick Handley Page .
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The AP reports that there were 22 million Brazilian users on X. The AP report that lots of these users have moved over to Meta ’s Threads political platform , or the less well known Bluesky . So , if you desire Brazilian - run stan accounts , window into everyday lifespan , updates from people who journey to Brazil for football game game , Taylor Swift concerts , and other platform , you ’ll have to head there or else .
For everyone still stuck on X , we ’re give-up the ghost to be missing out on Brazilian ’s online offerings .
