The IT Nerd

So the last time I checked in the fight between Elon Musk and Brazil, the latter had banned Brazil in the country. As part of that, every telco operating in the country had to block access to Twitter. But one telco hasn’t. And surprise, surprise it’s Starlink which is owned by Elon Musk:

Internet providers and app stores servicing Brazil have until Wednesday to comply with the ban, The Verge reports. But over the weekend, Musk’s Starlinkinternet service reportedly told Anatel, Brazil’s telecom agency, that it won’t block X on its network. Starlink has about 250,000 users in Brazil, though not all of those customers necessarily use X. Brazilian legal news outlet JOTA reports that most Brazilians are not currently able to access X, but not all Brazilian internet providers have blocked the platform as of Monday.

We’re going to get to Wednesday and Elon is likely to find out that something really bad is going to happen to Starlink. The Brazilian government has already seized their assets. So it’s only a hop, skip and a jump to imagine that they’d go further. And what then? Does Elon escalate this further? Is he really willing to die on this hill? Perhaps he will because he’s afraid of other nations blocking Twitter. Tune in tomorrow to see if that’s the case.

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