Starlink Watch

The Musk tracker

Elon Musk and governments worldwide

A sourced record of 215 statements and actions by Elon Musk and his companies since 2022: interventions in the politics, governments, courts and regulation of 44 countries and the European Union, threats and legal action against critics, and the use of market power against competitors. Each entry sets out what he said or did, the background, the response and what happened next.

215entries
45countries and the EU
147with an official response
35with a fact-check or court finding
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1 entry: Starlink and X as leverage · BrazilClear filters

Switching service on or off, refusing it, or using the platforms in disputes with governments.

2024 1

Leverage

Starlink tells Brazil's regulator it will not block X, then reverses and complies

Brazil's telecoms regulator Anatel said Starlink had told it the company would not block X until its frozen assets were released. On 3 September Starlink said we are complying with the order to block access to X in Brazil, while calling the asset freeze ill…

Response: Anatel board member Arthur Coimbra said the regulator could eventually seize equipment from Starlink's 23 ground stations if it kept providing access.

Brazil3 sources