X is back in Brazil after a five-week ban

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X is coming back online in Brazil after officials lifted a ban that took the service offline for five weeks. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said Tuesday that regulators could “take steps to resume the platform's service” as the company had complied with the court’s demands.

The order for now ends a long-running dispute between Elon Musk’s X and Moraes. Moraes had demanded X block

The White House has started posting on Reddit

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Social media can play a critical role in spreading information (and misinformation) during a crisis. In an effort to promote the former and curb the latter, the White House has started getting active on Reddit. 

The profile was created on January 7, 2021, the day after insurrectionists stormed the Capitol in Washington DC. However, today was the first time the account did any public posting. All

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The White House started posting on Reddit to talk about Hurricane Milton

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The earliest post on the account is a picture of Biden getting briefed on the hurricanes. | Screenshot: The Verge

Reddit isn’t the first place you’d think to see official statements and news coming from the federal government, but today, The White House is on the site making posts. You’ll often see staffers posting on social media platforms like Instagram and X to announce

Brazil clears X for return after a monthlong ban

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On Tuesday, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the country’s telecommunications agency Anatel to unblock X within 24 hours, writing that it has fulfilled “all the requirements necessary for the immediate return of activities.

However, this won’t mean an immediate return to service for the app. As noted by the Brazilian outlet Poder