SAO PAULO (AP) — Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet service provider Starlink backtracked Tuesday and said 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.
“Regardless of the illegal treatment of Starlink in freezing our assets, we are complying with the order to block access to X in Brazil,” the company statement said. “We continue to pursue all legal avenues, as are others who agree that @alexandre’s recent order violate the Brazilian constitution.”
These articles provide the same information I already had. I still don’t think it is the job of an ISP that is floating in the sky to obey a ruling against Twitter, a separate company. This same misinformation was likely on Facebook and Lemmy. Should all those be banned? (Rhetorical).
If they want to ban Twitter, fine whatever. But Starlink doesn’t actually have to “do business” in Brazil to allow people with a satellite dish to connnect from anywhere.
Obviously, these are my own opinion. You don’t have to agree with me, and I don’t even care if you do. Call me whatever names you want, it just makes me giggle.