The Free Speech thread

[Bofferbrauer2]

EricHiggin said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

And to put some pressure on Musk, they also blocked payments for Starlink, Musk's Internet-over-satellite service. The Amazon region is due to it's geographical features mostly using Starlink for it's internet access, so losing those clients would be a steep cut for Starlink.

But I agree with legal experts here that blocking Starlink payments is a step too far, as it punishes many people in Brazil for something that they have little to no influence about.

Elon Musk won't punish the People of Brazil for the illegal acts committed by the tyrant @alexandre against him and his companies – Elon Musk will provide Starlink users in Brazil with free internet rather than shutting it off.

This is what unwavering integrity looks like. pic.twitter.com/YJveHveVLT

— ALEX (@ajtourville) August 30, 2024

Elon is such a bad dude. Like the worst.

It's Brazil shutting off the signal coming from the satellites (basically it's IP adresses), not Musk cutting it. He has absolutely zero influence about it safe for what he should have done in the first place. Him grandstanding about continuing to provide Starlink is just posturing, salesmanship and him having absolutely no clue how that actually works.