Can't Stop the Signal, X tries to get around ban in Brazil

[martybegan]

Elon better not make any plans to leave the US in the next year or so, there seems to be a bounty on media owners that don't censor their content to the satisfaction of the oligarchs.

Elon Musk defies X ban in Brazil by beaming app from space

Brazil’s Supreme Court voted on Monday to uphold a ban on X that was introduced last week by Justice Alexandre de Moraes after the company failed to follow a court order to appoint a new legal representative in the country.


Mr Musk criticised the ruling, claiming that Judge Moraes was a “dictator” who should be impeached for violating freedom of speech.

Musk is in a fight with the Brazillian government as it tries to enforce its censorship mandates. But using starlink and VPN's people can still access X.

“This order is based on an unfounded determination that Starlink should be responsible for the fines levied – unconstitutionally – against X,” Starlink posted on X last week.

“It was issued in secret and without affording Starlink any of the due process of law guaranteed by the Constitution of Brazil. We intend to address the matter legally... We are proud of the impact Starlink is making in communities across the country, and the Starlink team is doing everything possible to ensure their service is not interrupted.”

Mr Musk claimed the freezing of Starlink bank accounts was illegal and pledged to provide free internet access to its Brazilian customers while the accounts remain blocked.

Under the court ruling, any X users who access the platform’s app or website through Starlink or a virtual private network (VPN) face a fine of up to 50,000 reais (£6,750).

 

[j-mac]

Elon better not make any plans to leave the US in the next year or so, there seems to be a bounty on media owners that don't censor their content to the satisfaction of the oligarchs.

Elon Musk defies X ban in Brazil by beaming app from space



Musk is in a fight with the Brazillian government as it tries to enforce its censorship mandates. But using starlink and VPN's people can still access X.

Morning Marty, isn’t there already a thread on this topic?

 

[shockedcanadian]

Elon better not make any plans to leave the US in the next year or so, there seems to be a bounty on media owners that don't censor their content to the satisfaction of the oligarchs.

Elon Musk defies X ban in Brazil by beaming app from space



Musk is in a fight with the Brazillian government as it tries to enforce its censorship mandates. But using starlink and VPN's people can still access X.

Free speech is critical to the survival of our species and Musk has made this his lasting legacy to the world, somehow surpassing all of his technical and creative inventions.

Good for Elon. The modern day Howard Hughes who may just save the West and Judeo-Christian values.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Elon better not make any plans to leave the US in the next year or so, there seems to be a bounty on media owners that don't censor their content to the satisfaction of the oligarchs.

Elon Musk defies X ban in Brazil by beaming app from space



Musk is in a fight with the Brazillian government as it tries to enforce its censorship mandates. But using starlink and VPN's people can still access X.

Next Starlink will lose their right to operate in Brazil.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

And all Musk had to do to avoid all of this was merely appoint a new legal representative in the country.

But then he would not get all the cool headlines and people like our confused Canadian worshiping him.

 

[j-mac]

Next Starlink will lose their right to operate in Brazil.

And you’ll cheer…

 

[Harpy Eagle]

And you’ll cheer…

I will not give a fuck either way.

All Musk had to do was appoint a new legal representative in the country, he choose not to.

I have no sympathy for him at all.

 

[martybegan]

Morning Marty, isn’t there already a thread on this topic?

That was on them seizing assets of all his companies in Brazil.

 

[martybegan]

And all Musk had to do to avoid all of this was merely appoint a new legal representative in the country.

But then he would not get all the cool headlines and people like our confused Canadian worshiping him.

Someone they can arrest and hold Hostage?

 

[j-mac]

I will not give a fuck either way.

Then why post?

All Musk had to do was appoint a new legal representative in the country, he choose not to.

I have no sympathy for him at all.

Why should he?

 

[Darkwind]

And all Musk had to do to avoid all of this was merely appoint a new legal representative in the country.

But then he would not get all the cool headlines and people like our confused Canadian worshiping him.

He just had to bend the knee, right?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Then why post?

It kills the time as I am running a program.

Why should he?

Because that is what the laws of the country require.

Should he get to ignore them just because he is rich?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

He just had to bend the knee, right?

Just had to follow the laws of the country he wants to do business in, just like everyone else.

 

[j-mac]

It kills the time as I am running a program.



Because that is what the laws of the country require.

Should he get to ignore them just because he is rich?

He should pull X from ANY country that wants to censor content.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

He should pull X from ANY country that wants to censor content.

Indeed he should.

But I am betting that he cares more about money than censorship.

Is a country trying to censor X any different than what our lawmakers want to do to TikTok?

 

[martybegan]

He should pull X from ANY country that wants to censor content.

Actually, he should do what he is doing, let the signal keep going.

Rewarding censors only gets more of it.

 

[Darkwind]

Just had to follow the laws of the country he wants to do business in, just like everyone else.

He can be a hero to the citizens of Brazil by providing a signal for them to use. After all, satellite signals are pretty broad-beamed -- yes, they can be narrowed, but why would anyone do so? - and travel everywhere. He cannot be responsible for the people in every country.

Of course, he could just stop all internet communications that use his Starlink network, but again, why should he?

Free people never bend the knee to dictatorial authoritarians.

 

[martybegan]

Indeed he should.

But I am betting that he cares more about money than censorship.

Is a country trying to censor X any different than what our lawmakers want to do to TikTok?

So he will allow free access to Starlink while this plays out because he cares more about Money?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

He can be a hero to the citizens of Brazil by providing a signal for them to use. After all, satellite signals are pretty broad-beamed -- yes, they can be narrowed, but why would anyone do so? - and travel everywhere. He cannot be responsible for the people in every country.

Of course, he could just stop all internet communications that use his Starlink network, but again, why should he?

Free people never bend the knee to dictatorial authoritarians.

So, you do think since he is rich he should be above the laws of the land

 

[Harpy Eagle]

So he will allow free access to Starlink while this plays out because he cares more about Money?

Yep, like a dealer giving out free drugs to get people hooked knowing they will recoup it all and more later on