Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban
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Starlink told Brazil's telecom agency it won't comply with an order to block X in the country until officials unfreeze its local bank accounts.
  • FrowingFostek@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    4 个月前

    I’m failing to see the connection with Brazil here.

    What would the backlash be from the US financial sector?

    Why would MAGA be mad about the US Government extraditing an African American?

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      4 个月前

      What would the backlash be from the US financial sector?

      Lobbyists would lean on federal and state legislators to impose retaliatory sanctions.

      Why would MAGA be mad about the US Government extraditing an African American?

      Because they see him as on their “team”.

      • FrowingFostek@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 个月前

        So in your mind the possibility of Musk being extradited could lead to those colossal outcomes?

        The starlink thing died yesterday but, I can’t imagine a reaction this strong from the US financial sector or MAGA.

        I disagree with the intensity of this response, if it were to happen.

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          4 个月前

          So in your mind the possibility of Musk being extradited could lead to those colossal outcomes?

          In my mind he just doesn’t get extradited, because it’s too much trouble and sets a bad standard for American billionaires.

          • FrowingFostek@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            4 个月前

            So Musk decided not to leverage this influence and instead acquiesced to a foreign government for funsies.

            Sounds like him.

            • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11·
              4 个月前

              He acquiesced once he could no longer absorb the personal economic cost of defiance.

              But the threat of extradition would raise the stakes considerably.