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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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[–] norimee@lemmy.world 160 points 2 weeks ago (57 children)

He really thinks he is above the law.

Why can't musk get stranded in space like these astronauts at ISS. We would all be better off.

[–] Soup@lemmy.cafe -2 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Well, technically… he is- until proven otherwise. But so far, it hasn’t happened.

[–] norimee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 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?

[–] snow_bunny@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

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