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There’s no X in Brazil. Celebrity fandom worldwide is in disarray

Associated Press

It was a rapture and a revelation all at the same time. En masse, celebrity stan accounts posted tearful farewells over the weekend as X was suspended in Brazil amid a showdown between Elon Musk and the country’s judiciary. Many of their hundreds of thousands of followers learned only then that their favorite celebrity’s most dedicated English-language fan accounts had actually been run by Brazilians. The accounts range in dedication to top-tier pop stars, C-list celebrities and long-dead writers. But experts and account administrators say there’s one thing they have in common: A passion representative of Brazilians.

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