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Starlink Agrees to Block Elon Musk's X Platform in Brazil After Reaching Compliance Deal

Starlink Agrees to Block Elon Musk's X Platform in Brazil After Reaching Compliance Deal

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Starlink, a division of SpaceX, initially stated that it would not comply with an order from Brazilian authorities to block Elon Musk's X platform in Brazil, citing a dispute over frozen assets. However, Starlink later reversed its position and announced that it would comply with the order, despite earlier claims that it would not block X until the asset freeze was lifted. The company's decision to comply with the order marks a rare instance of Elon Musk backing down in a dispute in Brazil.

BBC
1. Justice Moraes had ordered that X accounts accused of spreading disinformation—many of which belonged to supporters of the former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro—must be blocked while they are under investigation.
New York Times
1. He has jailed people without trial for posting threats on social media; helped sentence a sitting congressman to nearly nine years in prison for threatening the court; ordered raids on businessmen with little evidence of wrongdoing; suspended an elected governor from his job; and unilaterally blocked dozens of accounts and thousands of posts on social media, with virtually no transparency or room for appeal.
2. On Sunday, Starlink informed Brazil's telecom agency, Anatel, that it would not block X until Brazilian officials released Starlink's frozen assets, Anatel's president, Carlos Baigorri, said in an interview broadcast by the Brazilian outlet Globo News.
3. People across Brazil quickly criticized the move against VPN apps, and about three hours later, Justice Moraes issued an amendment to the order, this time leaving out the directives to Apple and Google.
Starlink
1. 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. We continue to pursue all legal avenues, as are others who agree that @alexandre's recent orders violate the Brazilian constitution.
2. We continue to pursue all legal avenues, as are others who agree that @alexandre's recent order violate the Brazilian constitution.
3. Following last week's order from [Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes] that froze Starlink's finances and prevents Starlink from conducting financial transactions in Brazil, we immediately initiated legal proceedings in the Brazilian Supreme Court explaining the gross illegality of this order and asking the Court to unfreeze our assets.
Elon Musk
SpaceX
1. We are absolutely not insisting that other countries have the same free speech laws as the United States. The fundamental issue at stake here is that Judge de Moraes demands we break Brazil's own laws. We simply won't do that.
2. This evil tyrant is a disgrace to judges' robes.
3. By 'free speech,' I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law.

Starlink Agrees to Block Elon Musk's X Platform in Brazil After Reaching Compliance Deal

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