Musk’s clash with Brazil deepens, risking shut down of X and Starlink

Fallout from the clash between Elon Musk and Brazil’s top court justice spread across the billionaire’s companies as the judge vowed to shut down X and blocked Starlink bank accounts in Latin America’s largest economy.

Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes is spearheading efforts to combat fake news and hate speech in Brazil. Musk, and the country’s right-wingers, including former President Jair Bolsonaro, say the judge is overstepping his bounds and undermining free speech.