SpaceX has cautioned its workers to not journey to Brazil amid an escalating feud between Elon Musk and a decide within the Latin American nation’s prime court docket that’s spreading throughout the billionaire’s firms.
In an e-mail to workers final week, SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell mentioned she should “convey the seriousness of this case” and that workers ought to “keep away from any journey — for work or private causes — to Brazil”.
The e-mail was first reported by The Wall Avenue Journal, which additionally famous {that a} small group of non-Brazilian SpaceX workers positioned in Brazil are being relocated in a foreign country.
A consultant for SpaceX didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The brand new journey restrict is the newest fallout in a months-long feud between Musk, the world’s richest individual, and supreme court docket justice Alexandre de Moraes, who’s spearheading efforts to fight pretend information and hate speech that he says are harming Brazil’s democracy.
Moraes has moved to ban Musk’s X social media platform — previously often called Twitter — and blocked financial institution accounts of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite tv for pc unit to implement the fee of fines imposed on the X platform.
“This order relies on an unfounded dedication that Starlink ought to be chargeable for the fines levied — unconstitutionally — towards X,” Starlink mentioned final week, including it intends “to deal with the matter legally”.
Commonplace
It’s commonplace for firms to evaluate their safety protocols and warning workers from travelling to sure areas relying on altering dynamics with clients and international governments.
The supreme court docket’s order targeted on two firms registered in Brazil: Starlink Brazil Holding and Starlink Brazil Servicos de Web. — Loren Grush and Daniel Carvalho, (c) 2024 Bloomberg LP
