The SpaceX subsidiary claimed the Brazil Supreme Court decision was “illegal,” but it would comply by suspending access to the social media platform.
Starlink, the satellite company controlled by SpaceX CEO and X owner Elon Musk, said it was complying with a Brazilian court order to block social media platform X in the country.
In a Sept. 3 X post, Starlink claimed that a court ruling suspending X in Brazil was “illegal,” explicitly targeting Alexandre de Moraes, one of the country’s Supreme Court Justices. On Aug. 30, Moraes ordered X suspended in Brazil after Musk refused to name a legal representative for the firm’s operations in the country — a decision later upheld by a panel of five Justices.
“Regardless of the illegal treatment of Starlink in freezing of our assets, we are complying with the order to block access to X in Brazil,” said Starlink. “We continue to pursue all legal avenues, as are others who agree that [Moraes’] recent orders violate the Brazilian constitution.”
