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Why is the Brazilian government afraid of X? Judge Alexandre de Moraes has blocked the site formerly known as Twitter in Brazil, where an estimated 40 million people access the site each month. Circumventing the ban on X with a VPN could get you fined about $9,000 a day, around the average per capita income in Brazil. It happened after Musk reinstated accounts that the Brazilian state had accused of being part of “digital militias” undermining Brazil’s democracy. X’s owner Elon Musk has accused the judge of “repeatedly and brazenly” betraying Brazil’s constitution, called for his impeachment, …