(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s mobile phone company Starlink said on Tuesday it was complying with an order by Brazil’s top court judge Alexandre de Moraes to block access to social media platform X in the country.
In a post on X, Starlink said it had filed a lawsuit with Brazil’s Supreme Court explaining the “gross illegality” of Moraes’ order, which froze Starlink’s finances and prevented it from conducting financial transactions in Brazil.
“Regardless of Starlink’s illegal treatment in freezing our assets, we comply with the order to block access to X in Brazil,” the X post said.
Starlink added that it continues to pursue all legal avenues, as do others who agree that the judge’s “recent orders violate the Brazilian constitution.”
Starlink had refused on Monday to comply with Moraes’ order for all internet service providers to block domestic access to X.
Tensions between Brazil and Musk’s business empire have escalated further as the country’s telecommunications regulator threatened to sanction Starlink after its top court backed the controversial decision to ban the country’s social network X.
(Reporting by Juby Babu in Mexico City, edited by Maju Samuel)
