Government looks into temporary return of X
Brazil’s Communications Minister Juscelino Filho on Tuesday (Sep. 24) said the temporary return of the social network X in Brazil on September 18 is under investigation, in an attempt to ascertain whether it was intentional or the result of a technical problem.“We’re investigating whether it was something they [social network X] caused, or whether it was a technical fault, so that we can be sure of the steps to be taken,” he stated.In the event of deliberate non-compliance with the decision by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, he said, the Ministry of Communications may file a lawsuit to suspend the permission of Starlink—a high-speed satellite internet provider owned by billionaire Elon Musk, who also owns X—from operating in the country. Justice Moraes had ordered the suspen...