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Elon Musk-controlled satellite internet provider Starlink has told Brazil's telecom regulator Anatel it will not comply with a court order to block social media platform X in the country until its local accounts are unfrozen.

Anatel confirmed the information to Reuters on Monday after its head Carlos Baigorri told Globo TV it had received a note from Starlink, which has more than 200,000 customers in Brazil, and passed it onto Brazil's top court.

Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes last week ordered all telecom providers in the country to shut down X, which is also owned by billionaire Musk, for lacking a legal representative in Brazil.

The move also led to the freezing of Starlink's bank accounts in Brazil. Starlink is a unit of Musk-led rocket company SpaceX. The billionaire responded to the account block by calling Moraes a "dictator."

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[-] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 191 points 2 months ago

Why does the weird one think that he should have more power than a government?

[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 70 points 2 months ago
[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago
[-] aniki@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago

Not to his step daughter/baby mama

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 38 points 2 months ago

His life experiences? Having that much money and power really fucks with someone's perceptions of the world.

[-] Makhno@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago

Why does the weird one think that he should have more power than a government?

Because he quite literally does in a lot of cases. When is he ever punished?

[-] kralk@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago

I'm scared of the day Amazon realises they actually do have more power than the government.

[-] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

They absolutely do not. It is genuinely shocking how many people in this thread fail utterly at comprehending the scale of the power wielded by the government.

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[-] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

They key is to weld that power but not get caught doing it, then along came Elon...

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Amazon may have more power than some tiny countries, but not the US govt as your comment would imply

[-] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 months ago

Because obviously the benevolent billionaire will do so much more good to the world than an evil government specifically elected by the will of the people. (/s)

[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Money and racism

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