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Starlink says it will block X in Brazil to keep satellite internet active

SpaceX satellite internet service Starlink said it will comply with court orders to block social network X in Brazil.

X refused requests to suspend accounts posting content that the court alleged harmed democratic institutions in Brazil, which is preparing for municipal elections in October. One takedown request pertained to the account of a senator, Marcos do Val, who is being investigated for possible involvement in plots to stage a coup and to sabotage de Moraes. In an interview with CNN Brazil after the court's orders were unanimously upheld by a panel of five justices, Lula said he hopes the controversy surrounding the suspension of X in his country would show the world "it isn't obliged to put up with Musk's far-right free-for-all just because he is rich," according to a translation from Portuguese to English reported by The Guardian.

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