Starlinkcompany of the magnate Elon Muskannounced this Sunday that it will not comply with the orders to suspend Brazil the social network service X until the blocking of their accounts is lifted.
The information has been confirmed by the president of the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel, regulator), Carlos Baigorri, the entity in charge of Notify the more than 20,000 operators in Brazil of the order to suspend X in the South American countryaccording to the G1 news portal.
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.
X was ordered to remove a series of profiles linked to the far right
The story goes back several months, after the judge ordered X to eliminate a series of profiles linked to the far right led by former President Jair Bolsonaro, investigated in other cases for conspiring to stage a coup against the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Musk refused to do so, accusing De Moraes of acting without apparent motive and in a secretive manner.
In mid-August, the South African tycoon closed X’s offices in Brazil to “protect his employees,” who he said were threatened with imprisonment by the judge.
Without a legal representative for X in Brazil, the judge decided to block Starlink’s accounts, which are also owned by Musk, as a way of ensuring payment of the fines imposed on X.
According to Anatel’s president, Starlink’s refusal has already been notified to Judge De Moraes.
Since early Saturday morning, customers of the country’s main operators began to report the blocking of the social network or problems accessing it. According to the Anatel director, by Sunday, most operators had already blocked access to X.
