VPN demand surges in Brazil despite legal threat to fine users nearly $9,000 a day for using workarounds to access X

• X was banned in Brazil amid a feud between owner Elon Musk and Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes.
• De Moraes threatened Brazilians with huge fines if they used VPNs to access the social media site.
• Despite the threat, demand for VPNs has surged in the country since access to the site was blocked.

Brazilians are fighting back against the country's ban on the social media platform X, sending demand for VPNs skyrocketing despite threats that users could be fined nearly $9,000 a day for finding workarounds to access Elon Musk's site.