A sheet of 5 Brazilian Supreme Court justices voted Monday to uphold a decision (PDF) requiring nan National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) to limit entree to X, nan work formerly known arsenic Twitter. Justice Alexandre de Moraes issued nan prohibition connected Friday successful consequence to X proprietor Elon Musk’s refusal to comply pinch tribunal orders to artifact definite accounts and to place a ineligible typical successful nan country. Four different justices person now backed nan decision.
Poder360 and The Globe study that 3 justices, Cristiano Zanin, Flávio Dino, and Cármen Lúcia, afloat supported de Moraes’ ruling, while a fourth, Luiz Fux, noted reservations astir a good for group who circumvent nan prohibition pinch a VPN, saying only group who station criminal messages for illustration those expressing Nazism aliases fascism should beryllium fined.
As acold arsenic nan ban’s effect, competing platforms person reported ample numbers of new accounts made by Brazilian users. News statement Poder360 noted that its X relationship will now beryllium managed exclusively from Portugal to respect nan judge’s decision.
Meanwhile, Starlink has told Brazil’s telecom regulator, Anatel, that it will not comply pinch nan prohibition until nan tribunal unfreezes its assets. So far, X is reportedly still accessible via nan service. The New York Times reports de Moraes has blocked Starlink from making Brazilian transactions while nan tribunal seeks to cod $3 cardinal successful unpaid fines by X. The satellite-based net work is operated by SpaceX, which is besides partially owned by Musk.
Poder360 reports that nan tribunal bid gave net providers arsenic good arsenic app stores 5 days to return measures to artifact entree to X successful nan country, establishing a deadline connected Wednesday, September 4th.