Elon Musk threatened the Brazilian government to seize property
Eviralnews,, citing Rashatoudi, Elon Musk, the American billionaire and owner of several large companies, including X (former Twitter) and SpaceX, threatened the Brazilian government that if the property of his companies in this country is not returned, the government's assets will be confiscated. The United States will seize.
Last week, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court ordered the “immediate suspension” of social network X's activities and a fine of 50,000 Brazilian reals ($8,874) per day for anyone trying to circumvent the ban using a VPN. considered
The judge in the case gave Google and Apple five days to remove X from their app stores. The ruling was upheld by a panel of judges of the Federal Supreme Court on Monday.
Also, a Brazilian court froze the accounts of Musk's SpaceX subsidiary and satellite Internet service provider Starlink to secure payment of fines imposed for failing to appoint a new legal representative for X in Brazil.
Musk wrote on his X social network: “Unless the Brazilian government returns the assets it illegally seized from X and SpaceX, otherwise we will also seek counter-seizure of this government's assets.”
Referring to the air travel of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil, this billionaire added: I hope Lula enjoys flying on a commercial plane.
Musk made the comments in response to a tweet about a news report about the US government's seizure of a jet allegedly used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. This report indicates that this jet plane had violated Washington's sanctions against Caracas.
The bitter dispute between Brazilian authorities and the American entrepreneur began in April, when Alexander de Morais, a judge at Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, ordered X to remove accounts belonging to several supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro and “Digital Warriors” read that they are spreading “false information” about themselves and the court.
The billionaire rejected this request and emphasized that the implementation of this order is against the laws of Brazil. Musk announced plans to suspend operations in the country, referring to orders that he said his company had refused to carry out.
Commenting on the seizure of Starlink's accounts, Musk protested the Brazilian government's “absolutely illegal action” without due process, stressing that X and SpaceX are “two completely different companies with different shareholders.”
He also promised to provide free internet access to the company's Brazilian customers even though the accounts are blocked.
On Monday, Reuters reported, citing a senior government official, that Brazil's telecoms regulator Anatel may impose sanctions on Starlink because it is currently the only company that has refused to comply with an order not to use Network X.
Anatel has warned that the company's license to operate in this country may be revoked.
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