Finally Starlinkthe company of Elon Musk’s satellite internetconfirmed that will comply with the order of the Brazilian Justice to block access to the social network X to its users. This was officially announced, following the order of Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes on August 30.
Brazil and Musk There have been several weeks of heated confrontations due to judicial non-compliances that the Brazilian Justice accuses the social network of. If the regulations are not complied with, Starlink will continue to face the freezing of its accounts for possible use to pay fines owed by X.
Starlink will obey the Brazilian justice system
A new chapter has opened in the battle between Judge Moraes and billionaire Elon Musk. In the last few hours, the company Starlink confirmed that it will comply with the Brazilian court order to prohibit its users from accessing the social network X.
On August 31, from the Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil The platform was ordered to be suspended nationwide due to judicial breaches by the company. These include X’s refusal to appoint a legal representative in the countryin addition to the reactivation of social network profiles which the courts requested to cancel accused of misinforming the population.
Previously, the company – which has more than 250,000 customers in Brazilhad informed the National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) that it would not comply with Judge Moraes’ suspension order. However, last Tuesday the company led by Musk confirmed that would obey the ruling and would join the rest of the Internet companies that have already blocked the Internet.
“Regardless of the illegal treatment given to Starlink by freezing our assets, we are complying with the order to block access to X in Brazil,” the company said on its social media. “We continue to pursue all legal avenues, as do others who agree that Moraes’ recent orders violate the Brazilian Constitution,” they said.
X’s blockade in Brazil
The Supreme Court of Brazil ruled last Monday on the decision of suspend billionaire Elon Musk’s social network X. In this way, access to X, formerly Twitter, is no longer available through its website and its mobile application since early Saturday morning, hours after the blockade ordered by Judge Moraes.
Both Moraes and Musk have been engaged in a battle for months. The core of the debate between the two sides concerns the limits of freedom of expression on the Internet.
Before its blocking, X had 22 million users in Brazil. The Judge’s decision also established a daily fine of 50,000 reales For those who try to circumvent the blocking using virtual private networks (VPN)-
“Elon Musk demonstrated his Total disrespect for Brazilian sovereignty and, in particular, to the judiciary, placing itself as a true supranational entity and immune to the laws of each country,” Moraes explained when explaining his decision. For his part, Musk replied: “Freedom of expression is the basis of democracy and an unelected pseudo-judge in Brazil is destroying it. for political purposes“.
The suspension, just over a month before the elections are held, municipal elections in Brazilresponds to an ultimatum launched by Moraes he Wednesday past so that the platform appoint a local representative to suspend its activities. The period granted by the Court expired on Thursday and, days later, the old Twitter was blocked throughout Brazil. In the face of the conflict, Lula Da SilvaPresident of Brazil, spoke out on the matter and questioned the “ disrespect” of Musk to Brazilian laws.
Source: Ambito
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