Wed Sep 04 03:48:44 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
– The ban was ordered by Justice Alexandre de Moraes after the company missed a court-imposed deadline
– Some judges said the suspension could be reversed if X complies with previous court rulings
– The ban is to remain in place until X complies with Moraes’s order and pays outstanding fines that exceed $3m
– Musk decried the move as censorship and called Moraes a “dictator”
– Brazil is serious about clamping down on X as it threatens one of the company’s largest markets with 40 million users
– Companies and individuals using the platform can face fines of up to $9,000 per day
– Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed satisfaction with the Supreme Court’s decision
– Starlink, also owned by Musk, notified Brazil’s telecom regulator it would not comply with the ban order
– Starlink’s Brazilian bank accounts were frozen by Moraes due to separate disputes over unpaid fines
– Anatel warned Starlink of sanctions, including having its local license revoked for resisting the ban

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