SAO PAULO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Social media platform X

became accessible to many users in Brazil on Wednesday as an

update to its communications network circumvented a block order

by the country's Supreme Court.

Last month, after a months-long dispute between X owner Elon

Musk and Brazilian Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the Supreme

Court had ordered Brazil's mobile and internet service providers

to block the platform and users were cut off within hours.

But Brazilians flooded back onto the platform on Wednesday,

with some cheering what they called a maneuver by Musk to flaunt

the law.

But X later said that a switch in network providers had

resulted in "an inadvertent and temporary service restoration"

for Brazilian users.

X's Global Affairs team, in a post to the social media

platform, said the switch had been spurred by the shutdown, as

it meant certain infrastructure for the rest of Latin America

was no longer accessible.

Brazilians' access to the platform, however, will likely

be blocked again soon, X added.

The Brazilian Association of Internet and

Telecommunications Providers (Abrint) explained that the X

update had routed some Brazilian users through third-party cloud

services outside the country, allowing them to access the

platform even without a virtual private network (VPN).

Brazil's telecommunications regulator Anatel is working

to notify content delivery network providers and telecom

companies to block access again to X in Brazil, though it's not

clear how long it will take for providers to comply with the

order, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Any revised order from Anatel, which is responsible for

implementing the court ruling, will need to be worded carefully,

said Basilio Perez, a board member at Abrint.

Blocking cloud access is complex, and could jeopardize

government agencies and financial services providers, he added.