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Brazil’s war on free speech: Starlink banned

3 September 2024

9:06 PM

3 September 2024

9:06 PM

Alexandre de Moraes’ overreach has gone nuclear.

In Brazil, the far-left judicial El Jefe is freezing Starlink’s finances, preventing Elon Musk’s company from doing further business in the country.

Starlink has used its X account to break the news early Friday, stating:

‘[The] order is based on an unfounded determination that Starlink should be responsible for the fines levied – unconstitutionally – against X.’

Worse, the order ‘was issued in secret and without affording Starlink any of the due process’.

This vindictive lawfare will hurt the off-grid internet provider’s customers, from the Amazon to Rio de Janeiro.

The action, Starlink said, will also impact small businesses,...

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