The IT Nerd

VPN Mentor just published a research concerning an increase of VPN demand in Brazil, which is directly tied to Elon Musk doing Elon Musk things. Specifically closing Twitter’s operations in Brazil rather than obey a court order.

What’s interesting about this is two things. First is this:

Earlier this year, Moraes opened a criminal inquiry into Elon Musk after X’s owner said he would defy a court order by lifting restrictions on designated accounts. Then the company seemed to reverse course and said it would block the accounts after all.

But of course, Elon being anything but an honest broker has decided to flip Moraes off instead and stop operating in the country instead of obeying this order. That’s brings us to VPN Mentor’s observations. Despite Twitter still being still available in the country, VPN Mentor conducted an analysis of user demand data in Brazil after Musk announced closing Twitter’s operations in the country, and they observed a surge of 151% in VPN demand. Which is I guess based on people’s fears that either Elon will keep Twitter from being available in Brazil, or the government might block it.

You will find all the details to VPN Mentor’s findings here: https://www.vpnmentor.com/news/vpn-demand-surge-brazil/

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