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A Brazilian judge has frozen Starlink’s bank accounts in the country amid an escalating dispute with X. The move comes after the same Supreme Court judge threatened to shut down X in the country, and is a direct response to the ongoing legal battle with the social media company. Reuters .
X owner Elon Musk has been at odds for months with Brazil’s Supreme Court judge, Judge Alexandre de Moraes, over his request to block certain accounts in the country, and the company suspended its operations in Brazil earlier this month following a court order. As a “censorship order.”
Now, it appears Moraes is trying to use Starlink, which is owned by one of Musk’s other companies, SpaceX, to force X to comply with the court order. “The order is based on an unfounded determination that Starlink should be held liable for penalties unconstitutionally imposed against X,” Starlink wrote. Regarding X. “This order was issued in secret and did not afford Starlink any of the due process guaranteed by the Brazilian Constitution. We intend to address this matter legally.”
Moraes also threatened to shut down X completely in the country. On Wednesday, a judge ruled that X The company could be subject to a closure order if it has not appointed a legal representative in Brazil. In an update on Thursday, shortly after the deadline passed, X said it expected President Moraes to issue the closure order “soon.”
“We are not arguing that other countries should have the same free speech laws as the United States,” the company wrote. “The fundamental issue here is that Judge Moraes is asking us to break Brazilian law, which we will never do,” the company said in a statement, adding that it plans to publish Moraes’ “unlawful demands and all relevant court documents” in the coming days.
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