Tue Sep 03 15:48:15 UTC 2024: – All five judges on a Supreme Court panel in Brazil voted to uphold a ban on Elon Musk’s X social media platform
– Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the ban after X missed a court-imposed deadline to name a legal representative in Brazil
– The ban is due to allegations of misinformation, hate speech, and attacks on democratic rule of law
– Musk bought X in 2022 and has been criticized for pushing far-right content and unsubstantiated claims on the platform
– The ban threatens one of X’s largest markets with an estimated 40 million users in Brazil
– Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed satisfaction with the court’s decision
– Starlink, another company owned by Musk, refused to comply with the ban and faces potential sanctions from Brazil’s telecom regulator
– Starlink’s Brazilian bank accounts were frozen by Moraes in a separate dispute over unpaid fines related to X
– Anatel warned Starlink of potential sanctions and stated it is the only telecom provider resisting the ban

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