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Elon Musk-controlled satellite internet provider Starlink has told Brazil's telecom regulator Anatel it will not comply with a court order to block social media platform X in the country until its local accounts are unfrozen.

Anatel confirmed the information to Reuters on Monday after its head Carlos Baigorri told Globo TV it had received a note from Starlink, which has more than 200,000 customers in Brazil, and passed it onto Brazil's top court.

Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes last week ordered all telecom providers in the country to shut down X, which is also owned by billionaire Musk, for lacking a legal representative in Brazil.

The move also led to the freezing of Starlink's bank accounts in Brazil. Starlink is a unit of Musk-led rocket company SpaceX. The billionaire responded to the account block by calling Moraes a "dictator."

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Innocent until proven otherwise?

I think you get something mixed up here. Innocence is not the same as being above the law. Innocence means you didn't do anything outside the law.

And it's a fact, that Starlink and X defied orders of the Supreme Court. I wonder what you think must be proven here?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think you got something mixed up here. I never said he was innocent. I said he is above the law until proven otherwise. The guy hasn’t suffered a consequence for a single action.

Until he does- he IS above the law.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah… I’m still waiting on the orange one to face some consequences…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is literally a thead about how brazil is blocking X and froze starlinks accounts and assets.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And my comment was in response to something different. You’re free to move along unless you can show that you’re authorized to police the comments in this thread.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For fucks sake, YOU replied directly to MY comment.

Please move on yourself, if you don't want replies from people you talked at

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

Right. My comment was in response to something YOU said about his accountability. Brazil is slapping his wrist. Nothing more.

This is NOT him facing consequences. This is not accountability.

How about you spend more time trying to understand what people are saying, and less time being butthurt because you think they’re disagreeing with you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

he's above the law because he will not experience legal consequences.