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		declan_roberts on Aug 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Brazilian court orders suspension of X What if you're a public figure, maybe one critical of the government and you're still tweeting while in Brazil? Seems pretty easy to enforce to me regardless of the technical ways people circumvent it.

btilly on Aug 30, 2024 [–]

It would be amusing if the government tried to introduce that as evidence and then got countersued for having used X themselves.

I know, I know. There is probably some exemption for law enforcement. Or if that was overlooked, there will be soon.

But it was still an amusing thought.

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