Elon Musk's X social network carried out an automatic update overnight on phone applications that allowed it to bypass a ban in Brazil, an association of internet providers said Wednesday.

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

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.

Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, temporarily bypassed a ban in Brazil by using IP addresses shared with other services, though the access was later deemed "inadvertent and temporary.

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,

Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Elon Musk’s X to pay a fine of almost $1 million a day until he stops users from accessing the banned platform in the country.

Elon Musk's X says it accidentally restored access in Brazil due to network provider changes, amid a feud over content moderation with a Brazilian judge.

Elon Musk’s X skirted a ban of the social media network in Brazil though an automatic update of its software, an association of Brazilian internet providers said Wednesday.

Elon Musk's X became available to many users in Brazil on Wednesday after an update to social media site's communications network made it accessible there despite a ban imposed by the country's top judge last month.

Brazil's Supreme Court ordered Elon Musk's X to restore a block on its site in the country or face daily fines after the social media network managed to evade restrictions through a software update. Bloomberg's Andrew Rosati joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Technology.