Tue Sep 03 13:07:03 UTC 2024: – All five judges on a Supreme Court panel in Brazil have voted to uphold a ban on Elon Musk’s X social media platform in the country
– The ban was ordered by Justice Alexandre de Moraes after X failed to name a legal representative in Brazil
– The judges unanimously supported Moraes’s decision, with some stating the ban could be reversed if X complies with court rulings
– Musk decried the move as censorship and called Moraes a “dictator”
– The ban threatens one of X’s largest markets with an estimated 40 million users in Brazil
– Starlink, also owned by Musk, notified Brazil’s telecom regulator it would not comply with the ban order
– Moraes froze Starlink’s Brazilian accounts in a separate dispute over unpaid fines
– Anatel warned Starlink could face sanctions for resisting the ban and being the only telecom provider to do so.

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