Space Quote: Elon Musk’s Spat Jeopardizes Starlink Operations in Brazil

“He can’t go around insulting presidents, insulting deputies, insulting the Senate, insulting the Chamber, insulting the Supreme Court. Who does he think he is?…That guy has to accept the rules of this country, and if this country made a decision through the Supreme Court, he has to comply. If it applies to me, it applies to him.”

Statement by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva regarding Elon Musk protesting the Brazilian Supreme Court’s order suspending Twitter/X nationwide. The issue relates to the spread of misinformation on Twitter/X and the company’s refusal to name a representative in Brazil. The spat is already having ripple effects on SpaceX’s Starlink operations in the country.