X claimed that a change in network providers led to “an inadvertent and temporary service restoration” in Brazil.

Elon Musk’s social media platform used a technical maneuver to restore service for many Brazilians after a court blocked it. Blocking it again would be difficult, experts said.

Brazil has fined Elon Musk's companies after some users in the country were able to briefly access the social media platform X, despite a ban imposed last month. Brazilian users swarmed the site on Wednesday after X updated how its servers within the country were accessed.

On Wednesday, a number of Brazilian X users unexpectedly regained access to their accounts, despite a recent ban imposed on the social media platform by the nation's highest court. A court ruling on Thursday from Brazil's Supreme Court ordered X,

X went back online in Brazil earlier this week, three weeks after Elon Musk's platform was blocked under orders from Brazil's Supreme Court. That prompted

Some Brazilian users have regained access to X despite a nationwide ban put in place by the country’s Supreme Court.

Brazil's Supreme Court ordered Elon Musk-owned X not to circumvent a previous ruling suspending the social media platform in the country, at risk of a daily fine of 5 million reais ($921,726.95), according to a decision issued late on Wednesday.

Some X users in Brazil have said they can once again access the social media website, the BBC has learned. This comes after the platform, formerly known as Twitter, was banned in the country on 31 August.