X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's content orders

Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by praptak on Saturday August 17, 2024 @01:38PM (#41276289)

Countries can do more than just try to block network traffic. No legal presence in our jurisdiction, no business in our country.

It's much easier to block local advertisers' money going to such companies.

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Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by Zak on Saturday August 17, 2024 @02:03PM (#41276550)

Is it? Ad networks are often multilayered and opaque.

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Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by kllrnohj on Saturday August 17, 2024 @07:26PM (#41278881)

Ad networks are also sure as hell not going to cover for anyone, either. If a client is causing them legal issues they're just going to drop them.

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Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by vitorgrs on Saturday August 17, 2024 @11:02PM (#41279830)

I was thinking exactly at this. I think a block of ads would hurt even more X than a total-block of X.

If you block X, you block obviously ads, but you also block local traffic to the website.

If you just block ads, and the traffic continues, you are actually losing even more money.

Sure, Musk could just implement crypto on X, but I think it would still be very effective.

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