@mastodonmigration @randahl sure, but the FCC only has jurisdiction in the US, guessing starlinks biggest market. Without FCC approval there’s probably not much of a business case for launching the satellites at all. Also I will grant you that the US wields considerable influence within the UN. Really though, ITU could stop approving launches if Musk has become a bad tenant.
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Elon Musk has refused to follow orders from Brazilian authorities, and the authorities are now doing everything in their power to stop Elon Musk, like they would any other criminal. -
Elon Musk has refused to follow orders from Brazilian authorities, and the authorities are now doing everything in their power to stop Elon Musk, like they would any other criminal.@mastodonmigration @randahl so let’s clear something up. It’s not the USG it’s the UN that approved Starlink’s orbit. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union
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Elon Musk has refused to follow orders from Brazilian authorities, and the authorities are now doing everything in their power to stop Elon Musk, like they would any other criminal.@mastodonmigration @jorgecandeias @randahl to emphasise the point, the FCC and USG have ZERO power to regulate radio or satellite transmissions in other countries. Starlink is at the mercy of whatever local government it’s beaming a signal to from orbit. Shit, I could see the US extraditing Musk to face prosecution in Brazil if he took shit too far.
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Elon Musk has refused to follow orders from Brazilian authorities, and the authorities are now doing everything in their power to stop Elon Musk, like they would any other criminal.@mastodonmigration @randahl edge lords may pretend that Starlink is some kind of magical service that a local government can’t touch, but they’re fucking wrong. Brazil could easily revoke SpaceX licenses and even go as far as criminalise consumer hardware possession, and there would be fuck all Musk could do about it beyond sending butthurt tweets.
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Elon Musk has refused to follow orders from Brazilian authorities, and the authorities are now doing everything in their power to stop Elon Musk, like they would any other criminal.@mastodonmigration @randahl in Brazil it’s not the FCC that matters, it’s Anatel and they can really fuck Musk.
from the article “Had Starlink continued to disobey de Moraes by providing(Twitter) access, telecommunications regulator Anatel could eventually have seized equipment from Starlink’s 23 ground stations that ensure the quality of its internet service, Arthur Coimbra, an Anatel board member, said on a video call from his office in Brasilia.”
Musk's Starlink backtracks and says it will comply with judge's order to block X in Brazil
Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet service provider Starlink has backtracked and announced it will comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice’s order.
AP News (apnews.com)