fter a Brazilian court ordered to block access to social media platform X, the satellite broadband firm Starlink stated that they would comply with it
trying not to aggravate even more the situation between Elon Musk’s company and Brazil.
Starlink is playing a battleground role between Elon Musk and Brazil after the top court judge Alexandre de Moraes has ordered to freeze of the company’s accounts to avoid paying the penalties from the X ban. Stalink is also representing a company owned by Elon Musk.
"Regardless of the illegal treatment of Starlink in freezing of our assets, we are complying with the order to block access to X in Brazil,", Starlink stated in an X post.
This Monday, Anatel, the Brazilian telecom regulator, stated that Starlink informed them about Elon Musk’s refusal to comply with Moraes' order to block domestic access on social media platform X from all the internet providers. But Starlink has changed its mind fast, and on Tuesday came with a new statement that it would conclude the blocking order within hours.
The X platform, formerly known as Twitter, has been blocked in Brazil since last week after the Brazilian Court and Alexander Moraes ordered all the telecom providers in the country to ban the platform due to a missing legal delegate.
In their X post, Starlink also stated that they initiated some legal actions in the Brazilian Supreme Court due to the “gross illegality” that Alexander Moraes did with his order to freeze their accounts as a preventative measure against financial transactions in Brazil.
They are ready to pursue all the legal ways to prove that the top court judge’s orders are truly violating the Brazilian constitution.
According to a court document shown on Tuesday, Starlink has failed to present a new appeal against the decision to freeze their accounts due to the missed deadline. The document also states that it is not very clear what legal instrument Starlink wants to use against the court to overturn the freezing of their accounts.
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The conflict between Elon Musk’s social media platform X and Brazil has its roots in a Brazilian court order from earlier this year, which required X to block accounts that were implicated in spreading distorted news and hate messages.
As a response, he chose to close all of the company’s offices in Brazil in mid-August, but the platform itself continued to be available until the top court judge decided to shut them down.
Even after the X ban, the social media platform can still be accessed by some Brazilians with VPN or other ways despite the new regulations in Brazil.
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Adam Brown
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September 4, 2024 9:00 AM
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