Elon Musk’s satellite internet provider Starlink has reversed course and agreed to block his social media site X in Brazil, in a partial climbdown in the feud between the billionaire and the Supreme Court of Latin America’s largest nation.
A crucial tool for tens of thousands of Brazilians in remote areas such as the Amazon rainforest, Starlink had earlier said it would not comply with a nationwide ban on Musk-owned X, calling the order from Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes “illegal”.
On Friday Moraes ordered regulators to ban access to the social media platform in Brazil after X refused to meet a deadline to appoint a legal representative in the country, a requirement under the country’s civil code.