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Brazil is preventing Starlink, Elon Musk\u2019s satellite-internet operation, from conducting financial transactions in the country, the business said Thursday in a post on X<\/a>, further escalating an already fraught battle between Musk and Brazil\u2019s highest court.<\/p>\n Starlink, part of Musk\u2019s SpaceX, said it received an order earlier this week that froze its finances and was issued in secret and without due process, which is guaranteed by Brazil\u2019s constitution. Starlink plans to address the matter legally, it said in a follow-up post.<\/p>\n Brazil\u2019s Supreme Court didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n A day earlier, Brazil\u2019s Supreme Court threatened to ban X within 24 hours unless Musk\u2019s social-media platform appoints a new legal representative for the country, according to an order the court posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, X said it was closing its operations<\/a> in Brazil after a monthslong clash with one of the court\u2019s justices, who had ordered the platform in April to remove several accounts that were deemed to be propagating hate speech and misinformation.<\/p>\n At the time, X didn\u2019t give more specific details on what closing operations would entail, but it didn\u2019t affect users\u2019 ability to access the platform in the country. The order handed down on Wednesday could close off an entire market for X when it has already driven advertisers away<\/a>, is struggling financially<\/a> and ranks as the worst buyout<\/a> for banks since the financial crisis.<\/p>\n X didn\u2019t respond to a request for comment on Wednesday night.<\/p>\nMost Read from The Wall Street Journal<\/h3>\n