Brazilthe richest man in the world took an important step in the fight against Elon Musk’s Starlink and X. Today, the X platform officially blocked.
Brazil has officially banned X for not complying with legal requests and announced that those who access the service using a VPN could be fined up to $8,874 per day. It is estimated that there are around 20 million X users in the country where X was given 24 hours to be removed from app stores. The majority of these users are currently Bluesky are switching to alternatives such as. In a statement made by X the other day regarding the development, “We expect Judge Alexandre de Moraes to soon order the closure of our platform in Brazil simply because we did not comply with his illegal orders to censor political opponents. We will publish all of Judge de Moraes’ illegal requests and all related court filings in the coming days.” It was said. A legal step was taken yesterday in the country for SpaceX’s Starlink system, which provides internet from space. In a statement made by the company on this matter, “Earlier this week, we received an order from Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes preventing Starlink from conducting financial transactions (receiving payments, etc.) in the country.” It was said.
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CEO Elon Musk’s response to this surprise step was as follows: “Many remote schools and hospitals in the country are connected to SpaceX’s Starlink! SpaceX will provide free internet service to users in Brazil until this issue is resolved. We are not currently receiving payment due to the decision, but we do not want to cut off anyone’s internet.” Following this development, it was revealed that the Brazilian army received assistance from Starlink for operations and national security. In a letter sent by the Brazilian Ministry of Defense, it was said that Starlink is vital for military operations, training and strategic preparation throughout the country. In this respect, the step taken has also caused great criticism within the country.