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cailianshe news, september 3 (editor: xia junxiong)the conflict between the world's richest man, elon musk, and the brazilian government is intensifying. after the brazilian supreme court banned the social media platform x, the country's regulators threatened to sanction another company owned by musk, starlink.

starlink is a wholly-owned subsidiary of space exploration company spacex and is a leader in global satellite internet.

on august 30, the chief justice of the brazilian supreme court, alexandre de morais, ordered a complete suspension of x's operations in brazil.the reason is that the company did not appoint a local legal representative as required by law. on september 2, a panel of judges of the brazilian supreme court held an online vote, and the judges participating in the vote unanimously agreed to maintain the ruling.

last friday, de morais also ordered the freezing of starlink's assets in brazil to pay the fine owed by x. in addition, de morais also asked all internet providers in brazil to block access to x.but starlink refused to comply, which became the fuse for further intensification of the conflict.

artur coimbra, a commissioner at brazil's telecom regulator anatel, said on monday that regulators are checking all brazilian telecom operators to ensure they have blocked access to the x platform, and starlink is the only company that has explicitly refused to implement the judge's ruling.

"regardless of the illegal treatment starlink has received in freezing its assets, we are complying with the order to ban access to x in brazil," starlink posted on x.

it is reported that,starlink told regulators it would not block access to x unless brazilian authorities unfroze its assets in the country.

coimbra warned that if a company did not comply with the court order, it could be subject to a range of sanctions, including fines and the revocation of its license to do business in brazil.

as of april this year, brazil is x's sixth-largest market in the world, with about 21.5 million users, according to statista.

after the brazilian supreme court banned the x platform, the vast majority of brazilians can no longer access the platform, but some people continue to use x through virtual private networks (vpn) and other methods.

de morais also previously stipulated that a fine of 50,000 reais (8,902.66 u.s. dollars) per day would be imposed on people or companies that use vpns to access x. however, some legal experts have questioned the basis and implementation of this decision.