Platform registered almost 2m new users after Supreme Court suspended bigger rival
Social media site Bluesky registered almost two million new users in just four days as Brazilians flocked to the platform following the suspension of Elon Musk’s X by the country’s Supreme Court.Social media site Bluesky registered almost two million new users in just four days as Brazilians flocked to the platform following the suspension of Elon Musk’s X by the country’s Supreme Court.
It also reflects the risks facing X from a prolonged ban in Brazil. With an estimated 20 million active users prior to the court order, the Latin American nation represented X’s sixth-largest market and an important source of advertising revenue.
The suspension of the site has divided opinion in Brazil, with rightwing figures criticising it as an attack on free speech, but leftwing politicians hailing it as a statement of national sovereignty. X is, however, widely used by politicians and has been embraced by rightwing figures since Musk’s purchase of the company two years ago.
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