Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban (Update: Starlink will comply)

Sounds like they're likely also to find themselves in legal trouble

At least one can hope

On one hand, fuck Musk. On the other hand, internet from space that can't be blocked by governments is a net positive in my book.

What i love about musk is that he is the best bad example. Maybe someday he'll start a war with some country and then people will start to understand that no single person or group should hold this much power. Because there are also a handful of other people and groups with the same resources who choose to hide in the background.

Usually Gwen Shotwell, SpaceX COO, is good at keeping Elon in check and not screwing up SpaceX business. I wonder what happened this time.

Logically, now they have to ban Starlink too.

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Remember that time Musk expressed that he was in favor of free speech? Then he censored content on his platform for the Turkish government?

Brazil has an extradition agreement with the United States. Would love to see that shit get put to use.

just pull their business licence and any government grants then and let the world follow suit.

how are people supposed to pay starlink if their accounts are frozen? is starlink offering free internet?

They should kick his shit out of the country

As of 2024-09-03T22:10:25.545Z, Starlink is now complying with Brazil's X ban [1].

If Starlink follows through on its reported vow to ignore the X ban, it is likely to face similar sanctions itself for ignoring a supreme court order.

That could have a big impact in the Brazilian Amazon, where Starlink antennae have spread rapidly since being made available in September 2022, bringing high-speed internet connection to far-flung regions. By the end of 2023 Starlink antennae were being used in more than 90% of the Amazon’s municipalities, according to BBC Brasil.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/02/brazils-supreme-court-upholds-x-ban-over-conduct

Gonna be funny when Brazil bans starlink too.

This statement was later retracted. The Engadget article was redacted accordingly.

Edit: Updated the title to reflect the update in the story. Seeing some comments from people who haven’t actually read the article.

Do people here not generally dislike government censorship? The root of this seems to be x refusing the country's government's demands to ban certain people

why is everyone banning everything?

Stop it! Let people have fun on the internet!

So Nazi's eh? I hate Nazi's. Let's unravel this knotted beast a bit. If the Brazilian citizens are posting illegal content, arrest them. Forcefully cut off their internet, -snip snip- done, seize their bank accounts, works on Russia. It should never be the job of a privately owned corporation to enforce the law when the law is perfectly capable of neutralizing the offending entities and enforcing the rules it's own damn self, are they going to make it illegal for Walmart to sell them a cell phone? Couldn't they just create a new account with a new email over VPN? Wouldn't it be easier if the citizens are breaking the law to arrest them rather than take away their Twitter account? I am not a fan of that fat musky sum bitch, but there is literally no reason that judge has to go after X(I really hate that name), other than he's swinging his dick around and doesn't like to be told to put some damn underwear on. Arrest the citizens if they are breaking the law, if they aren't breaking the law then what gives anyone the right to silence them? Just an egomaniac judge with no actual laws backing him and a tiny shvance facing off against a megalomaniac with a tiny shvance that consistently protects only the free speech he agrees with. There. Unknotted. If the people of Brazil want Nazi propaganda to end in a prison sentence, it should be law, and then all Twitter has to do is the same thing it does with other illegal content, turn over the user to the authorities and wash their hands of the mess. Not some judge unilaterally making free speech decisions(even in Brazil)