Starlink emerges as fresh battleground between Musk, Brazil
By: Reuters
Updated: September 3, 2024 09:03 IST
Tensions between Brazil and Elon Musk escalate as the country's telecom regulator threatens to sanction Starlink for refusing to block X, formerly Twitter.
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and Tesla, speaks to the media during the launch of SpaceX's Starlink internet service in Indonesia at a sub district community health center in Denpasar, Bali, May 19, 2024. (Image: REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo)
Tensions between Brazil and Elon Musk’s business empire ratcheted up further as the country’s telecoms regulator threatened to sanction his satellite broadband company Starlink hours after its top court stood behind a controversial decision to ban social network X from the country.