Avoiding Sanctions, Starlink Chooses to Join X Block in Brazil

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Starlink’s statement on Tuesday came a day after it told regulators it would not comply with the blocking order.

“We are complying with the order to block access to X in Brazil,” Starlink, which has more than 200,000 customers in the Latin American country, said in a post on X, as quoted by ReutersWednesday (4/9).

Starlink has emerged as a new battleground between Musk and Brazil, after high court judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered the company’s accounts frozen to potentially pay fines owed by X, which is also owned by Musk.

On Monday, Brazilian telecoms regulator Anatel said it had been informed by Starlink that the Musk-backed company would not comply with Moraes’ order for all internet providers to block domestic access to X.

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However, an Anatel representative told Reuters that Starlink had retracted its statement and informed regulators on Tuesday that it would end the block within hours.

Brazil began blocking X last week after Moraes ordered all telecommunications providers in the country to shut down the social media platform because it had no legal representation in the country, a decision that was later upheld by a panel of Supreme Court judges.