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It was not fully rescinded. The VPN ban was temporarily suspended while companies reply to how difficult, damaging and cumbersome it would be to restore VPN apps in case the tribunal stance changes in the future. [1]

Imo, somebody probably told the tribunal how dumb it would be to ban VPN apps since there are some legitimate uses (for example journalism).

Do note that the $8k/day fine still stands, to citizens who use VPN to access X.

[1] https://www.riotimesonline.com/moraes-revises-vpn-ban-as-bra...




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