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Bluesky added over 2 million Brazilian users after Brazil banned Elon Musk's X


In a post on its own social network, Bluesky has revealed that it has added two million new people over the last week.

If you'll recall, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes recently ordered the country's internet service providers to block X after the website formerly known as Twitter refused to ban specific accounts accused of spreading disinformation. Moraes also ordered Apple and Google to remove X from their app stores and for people caught using VPN to access the website to be fined R$50,000 ($8,900). While DMs only worked between two users upon launch, the website promised to roll out group messaging, media support and end-to-end encryption "down the line."

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