Late last month, Brazilian Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered X to suspend operations in Brazil after a months-long dispute with Musk. The conflict centred on Musk's refusal to appoint a legal representative in the country and take down disinformation and far-right accounts.

However, on Wednesday, X bypassed the court-ordered block by using third-party cloud services, allowing many Brazilian users to access the platform without a virtual private network (VPN).

Musk clearly thought he was being clever. He thought blocking cloud access is complex and may jeopardise government agencies and financial services providers.

It will not solve anything in the medium or long term. The court will issue another order focusing on criminalising X and ordering cloud providers to remove the company as a customer.

Anatel, which is responsible for enforcing the court order, has identified the problem and is working to first notify content delivery network providers and then telecom companies to block access again to X in Brazil.

It is unclear how long the providers will take to comply with the order. All this means that Musk has suddenly ratcheted up the war with the Brazilian government, making it less likely that the outfit will ever be allowed back in there.