Starlink, the satellite internet service owned and operated by SpaceX, said it will block the social network X in Brazil to continue operations there without the threat of losing its license.
Elon Musk owns both businesses. Brazil’s supreme court blocked X in the country after it openly defied the court’s orders and failed to pay fines. X refused requests to suspend accounts posting content that the court alleged harmed democratic institutions in Brazil, which is preparing for municipal elections in October. The supreme court orders had frozen Starlink’s financial assets in the country to ensure X would pay its penalties.
The Starlink account on X published the following statement, referring to its decision and de Moraes: Before Starlink agreed to comply with the orders to block X, the telecommunications regulator for Brazil, Anatel, had threatened sanctions against the company. A public clash between Musk and the current administration in Brazil, a major non-NATO ally of the U.S., has been escalating for months.
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