SAO PAULO (AP) — Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet service provider Starlink backtracked Tuesday and said it will comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice’s order to block the billionaire’s social media platform, X.

Starlink said in a statement posted on X that it will heed Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ order despite him having frozen the company’s assets. Previously, it informally told the telecommunications regulator that it would not comply until de Moraes reversed course.

“Regardless of the illegal treatment of Starlink in freezing our assets, we are complying with the order to block access to X in Brazil,” the company statement said. “We continue to pursue all legal avenues, as are others who agree that @alexandre’s recent order violate the Brazilian constitution.”

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Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.

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As someone who had a plan until I got hit in the face, I agree.

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My plan was to get punched in the face!!! Yet again, I am ahead of the curve!!!

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If they swing first, it’s self defense. Good plan.

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Great plan, Face McPunchy

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But what was your plan after that? Everyone has a plan until the plan is complete.

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I didn’t even have a plan.

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Some people plan to get punched in the face. Don’t kink shame.

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We’re supposed to have plans?!

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I drew a map of Zelda 1 once. Does that count?

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Some footage of me trying to get caught up today

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Pussy. Go on, Elon. Make your companies play chicken with a national government. I’m sure every other national government out there will definitely back you up, because making a company above the law (without paying the requisite bribes) is DEFINITELY something that national governments want to normalize!

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Starlink satellites are (quite literally) above the law. Until Brazil develops a space force to go seize them out of orbit, it seems like Elon can do whatever the fuck he wants.

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You can jam the signal with very little power, and you can prevent people in Brazil from paying for the service.

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and you can prevent people in Brazil from paying for the service.

To be fair, Brazil tried that and Elmo just made starlink free for use in Brazil as retaliation. But obviously that’s not something he could do with every country on earth if he wants to make a profit

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The links require a station on the ground, and services must be paid for monthly. Those are two things a local government can control pretty effectively.

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Typical. Send the lawyers first to intimidate. Then get told you have no case. Then walk back tail between legs.

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Sounds a bit like how he ended up with twitter in the first place

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I love that he is so stupid that he didn’t realize he could back out of a legality by saying, “LOL JK.”

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He’s got a huge clean ai dataset

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All while loudly mouthing off

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Hey happy Lemmy bday! Nice little cake!

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Elon Musk is picking fights with everyone these days.

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Everyone except fascists

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Why would he pick a fight with the only group in the world that currently supports him?

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Why would he pick fights with himself?

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I wonder when he’ll go to rehab. He’s so unhinged.

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He’s testing the limits of “fuck you” money expect “you” are national governments

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Glad he got bitch-slapped on this one.

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