X in Brazil
What do social media users do when their preferred platform is banned ?
Tech Life · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Tech Life speaks to some keen users of X in Brazil. What do they think of the ban imposed on the platform that was previously known as Twitter ? Have they moved to other social media, or have they found a way around the restrictions ?
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Presenter: Alasdair Keane Producer: Tom Quinn
(Photo: The Brazilian flag is seen behind a phone screen displaying the X logo in this illustration photo. Credit: NurPhoto/Getty Images)