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[–] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 104 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Will it stop people from claiming it was a single judge being political and arbitrary? Certainly not.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter. The morons that follow musk already have a mindset of us vs them. All of Brazil is they whether one judge or a Supreme Court. Trump was found guilty by a jury co-selected by his own lawyers. But they were rigged against him. Even the lawyers probably. It doesn't matter.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Even the lawyers probably

That's what happens when you're on your 15th-string team because you keep firing and/or not paying people.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 80 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I wonder why EU is dragging their feet for so long, when Xitter clearly doesn't comply with regulation.
They've been giving warnings, but nothing else yet?
Also it kind of pisses me off, when public organisations and politicians that claim to defend democracy still use Xitter.
They are using and helping a platform that clearly has as a goal to undermine democracy.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because opposition parties generally have their groups in there, which would cause political backlash and distance the supporters that still use it. Not that banning social networks abusing their privilege through hidden moderation and promotion and selling their user's data so propagandist know who and how to target shouldn't be done, but right know it would be done under the counter-chants of "repression" in the particular cold war 2.0 state of affairs of the world today, and that's very politically taxing.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Private companies, especially global ones, have too much power. Isn't it kinda fucked up how a company can overrule laws in multiple countries all over the world, just due to how strong their presence is?

[–] ASDraptor@lemmy.autism.place 67 points 2 months ago (41 children)

And nothing of value was lost.

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[–] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Read starlink refuses to block it in Brazil, now I'm curious if that gets banned or somehow blocked although I can't imagine how.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The most they can really do is block payments, but even then, plenty of people would have access to foreign currency or bitcoin, so it wouldn't be that effective. Elon's also the kind of guy to start giving it away for free just to piss off Brazil's government more.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They can revoke Starlinks license to operate within the country; then issue arrest warrants for its operators.

The US has an extradition treaty with Brazil.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I doubt they'd extradite a military contractor. Likely Musk would have to cut a deal behind closed doors.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They can shut down the ground stations in Brazil, but they can't block the laser links. They could also try to jam the signals, but SpaceX now has years of experience working around jamming in a war zone.

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

That’s a lot of work for a shitposting site.

[–] pickleprattle@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

"He added that individuals or businesses that are found to still be accessing X by using virtual private networks (VPNs) could be fined R$50,000 ($8,910; £6,780)."

Pretty sure that will include Starlink.

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