Musk's Starlink backtracks and says it will comply with judge's order to block X in Brazil
Tuesday, 3 September 2024 () Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet service provider Starlink has backtracked and announced it will comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice’s order to block the billionaire’s social media platform, X. Starlink said in a statement posted on X that it will heed Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ order despite him having frozen the company’s assets. Previously, it informally told the telecommunications regulator that it would not comply until de Moraes reversed course. De Moraes froze the company’s accounts last week as a means to compel it to cover X’s fines that already exceeded $3 million, reasoning that the two companies are part of the same economic group.
Elon Musk criticized Brazil's Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, calling him a "tyrant" and "dictator." Musk's Starlink had its bank accounts frozen in Brazil due to X's lack of legal..