Musk’s Clash With Brazil Deepens, Threatening X and Starlink
- Judge blocks bank accounts and financial assets in Brazil
- Company appealed to Brazil top court to lift the block
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Fallout from the clash between Elon Musk and a justice on Brazil’s top court spread across the billionaire’s companies as the judge vowed to shut down X and blocked Starlink bank accounts in Latin America’s largest economy.
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes is spearheading efforts to combat fake news and hate speech in Brazil. Musk and conservatives including former President Jair Bolsonaro say the judge is overstepping his bounds and undermining free speech.