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Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban (Update: Starlink will comply)

www.engadget.com Elon Musk's Starlink will comply with the Brazil X ban after all

Starlink told Brazil's telecom agency it won't comply with an order to block X in the country until officials unfreeze its local bank accounts.

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On one hand, fuck Musk. On the other hand, internet from space that can't be blocked by governments is a net positive in my book.
Sounds like they're likely also to find themselves in legal trouble

At least one can hope
What i love about musk is that he is the best bad example. Maybe someday he'll start a war with some country and then people will start to understand that no single person or group should hold this much power. Because there are also a handful of other people and groups with the same resources who choose to hide in the background.
Usually Gwen Shotwell, SpaceX COO, is good at keeping Elon in check and not screwing up SpaceX business. I wonder what happened this time.
Logically, now they have to ban Starlink too.
Brazil has an extradition agreement with the United States. Would love to see that shit get put to use.
Remember that time Musk expressed that he was in favor of free speech? Then he censored content on his platform for the Turkish government?
just pull their business licence and any government grants then and let the world follow suit.
how are people supposed to pay starlink if their accounts are frozen? is starlink offering free internet?
As of 2024-09-03T22:10:25.545Z, Starlink is now complying with Brazil's X ban [1].

References

"Starlink says it will block X in Brazil". Emma Roth. The Verge. Published: 2024-09-03T22:10:25.545Z. Accessed: 2024-09-04T04:17Z. https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/3/24235204/starlink-block-x-brazil-comply-elon-musk.

“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,” Starlink says in a post on X. “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.”
If Starlink follows through on its reported vow to ignore the X ban, it is likely to face similar sanctions itself for ignoring a supreme court order.

That could have a big impact in the Brazilian Amazon, where Starlink antennae have spread rapidly since being made available in September 2022, bringing high-speed internet connection to far-flung regions. By the end of 2023 Starlink antennae were being used in more than 90% of the Amazon’s municipalities, according to BBC Brasil.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/02/brazils-supreme-court-upholds-x-ban-over-conduct
Gonna be funny when Brazil bans starlink too.
Do people here not generally dislike government censorship? The root of this seems to be x refusing the country's government's demands to ban certain people
This statement was later retracted. The Engadget article was redacted accordingly.
Edit: Updated the title to reflect the update in the story. Seeing some comments from people who haven’t actually read the article.

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