Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban (Update: Starlink will comply)
Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban (Update: Starlink will comply)
Starlink told Brazil's telecom agency it won't comply with an order to block X in the country until officials unfreeze its local bank accounts.
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Logically, now they have to ban Starlink too.
Seems like it's on the table
Tensions between Brazil and Elon Musk's business empire ratcheted up further as the country's telecoms regulator threatened to sanction his satellite broadband company Starlink hours after its top court stood behind a controversial decision to ban social network X from the country.
A senior official at telecommunications regulator Anatel said sanctions against Starlink for noncompliance could include the revocation of its license to operate in Brazil.
Starlink backed down and blocked Twitter as requested.
I'm curious: what would that mean, within Brazil's borders? Would they be able to prevent Starlink from being used? Broadcast a Starlink jamming signal over the whole country? Or turn it into a diplomatic issue, with the US State Department getting involved?