Starlink, the tycoon’s company Elon Musksaid on Sunday that it would not comply with orders to suspend the service of the social network X in Brazil, also owned by the South African, until the blocking of its accounts is lifted.
The information was confirmed by the president of the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel, regulator), Carlos Baigorri, the entity responsible for notifying the more than 20,000 operators in Brazil of the order to suspend X in the South American country, according to the news portal G1.
The accounts of Starlink, a satellite internet service company with more than 215,000 active lines in Brazil, were blocked by Supreme Court Judge Alexandre De Moraes to ensure payment of fines imposed on X.
The story goes back several months, after the judge ordered X to eliminate a series of profiles linked to the extreme right led by former president Jair Bolsonaro, investigated in other cases for conspiracy to carry out a coup against current president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Musk refused to do so, accusing De Moraes of acting without apparent motive and in a stealthy manner.
In mid-August, the South African tycoon closed X’s offices in Brazil to “protect its employees.”“, who, he said, were threatened with imprisonment by the judge.
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According to the president of Anatel, Starlink’s refusal has already been notified to Judge De Moraes.
Since Saturday morning, customers of the country’s main operators have begun to report the blocking of the social network or problems accessing it.
According to the head of Anatel, this Sunday, the majority of operators had already blocked access to X.
