X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's content orders (finance.yahoo.com)
from Xatolos@reddthat.com to technology@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 10:25
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Plopp@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 11:51 next collapse

Aw. Do us next please.

Kind regards,

Europe

14th_cylon@lemm.ee on 18 Aug 2024 12:16 next collapse

Hopefully it is first brick in the wall, after Brazil finds it did not collapse due to absence of twitter

borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 18 Aug 2024 15:33 collapse

Unless Twitter geoblocks Brazil or bans all users who set their country to Brazil it will not be absent there. As far as I can tell Twitter doesn’t use country specific tlds or subdomains, so nothing will materially change for Brazilian users.

EngineerGaming@feddit.nl on 18 Aug 2024 18:06 collapse

As someone who has some social media including Twitter geoblocked… No, this is not enough to make a social media die down in a region lol

borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 18 Aug 2024 18:45 collapse

This is true. I guess I should have said “Unless twitter geoblocks or bans Brazilian users, they’re not even making an attempt to be absent there”.

sxan@midwest.social on 18 Aug 2024 12:19 collapse

USA next. If we can ban TikTok, we can do Twitter too!

BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 14:23 collapse

Ugh, TikTok isn’t banned in the US…

undefined@links.hackliberty.org on 19 Aug 2024 05:57 next collapse

As someone who hates corporate social media (and TikTok especially), I can’t figure out if banning TikTok is a legit security issue or racist. I’d love to see it go, but I can’t seem to form an opinion on the matter despite reading up on it several times.

sxan@midwest.social on 19 Aug 2024 09:35 collapse

No, but they have been trying to ban it.

BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world on 19 Aug 2024 10:45 collapse

Until they do, your statement doesn’t make sense lol

Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 13:35 next collapse

Congrats, Brazil!!

JapanUSAcologne@ani.social on 18 Aug 2024 14:21 next collapse

What’s x?

kamenoko@sh.itjust.works on 18 Aug 2024 22:26 collapse

A failed online back, then nothing for 20 years, and then it ate Twitter.

thegreekgeek@midwest.social on 18 Aug 2024 14:42 next collapse

…and nothing of value was lost

OldChicoAle@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 21:33 collapse

Except the jobs of all those Brazilian employees

thegreekgeek@midwest.social on 18 Aug 2024 23:58 collapse

You’re right, it was a bit too off the cuff of a remark. Though I can’t imagine they’ve had fun there since the Muppet took over. Can you imagine being the poor bastard who had to tell Phony Stark about this whole thing? They probably had to remind him that their office existed only to have him sack everyone.

vistencluse@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 15:14 next collapse

For everyone that interpreted this as saying that X will be banned here: It won’t. X will still work. But all X staff in Brazil were laid off.

BlucifersVeinyAnus@sh.itjust.works on 18 Aug 2024 16:09 next collapse

How do we get some of them Brazilian content orders here in the states?

miau@lemmy.sdf.org on 18 Aug 2024 19:13 next collapse

Does this harm twitter in any way?

I mean, if they are still reachable and usable in Brazil, they can still serve ads to those users and so it seems their business doesnt change much?

But there must have been some advantage for twitter in having an office there, otherwise they wouldnt have opened it in the first place.

Xatolos@reddthat.com on 18 Aug 2024 19:43 collapse

They can’t sell Brazilian ads to Brazilians, as that needs an office/presence in Brazil. This hurts the value of ads that Xitter can charge when dealing with users in Brazil (Brazil is the largest economy in South America, and with Xitter already having ad money problems, it isn’t a good thing for them.)

So while they could still show ads to Brazilians, the fact is it would be for companies with offices outside Brazil, something not many would care about.

miau@lemmy.sdf.org on 19 Aug 2024 00:30 next collapse

That makes sense. Thanks a lot for the explanation!

SulaymanF@lemmy.world on 19 Aug 2024 06:48 collapse

Good. Let’s hope the public moves to mastodon.

Virkkunen@fedia.io on 19 Aug 2024 07:53 collapse

They'll move to Threads or Bluesky long before they even think of saying the word mastodon

prime@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 19 Aug 2024 00:49 next collapse

Brazil is based for once

umbrella@lemmy.ml on 19 Aug 2024 11:00 next collapse

goodbye removed!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷

ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world on 19 Aug 2024 15:18 collapse

Lucky Brazil!