A panel of judges from Brazil’s Supreme Court has voted unanimously to uphold orders banning the nationwide use of Elon Musk’s social network X.

One of the judges, Luiz Fux, voted to uphold it but expressed “reservations” about a component of the order that allows the court to punish individuals or companies that take advantage of “deception,” such as using VPNs to use X while it is blocked.

The court’s chief judge, Alexandre de Moraes, issued the controversial suspension orders late Friday after warning on Wednesday that Musk and X had 24 hours to appoint a legal representative for their business in Brazil or face the “penalty of suspension of their activities.” X had previously defied court requests to remove accounts or posts that he said violated Brazil’s laws on political disinformation and online hate speech.

The court also froze the assets of another company run by Musk, the Starlink satellite internet service in Brazil, to ensure that his social network would pay the fines it was owed.

Brazil’s telecom regulator Anatel ordered internet service providers like Starlink to block access to X in the country until they comply with the court orders. However, as Brazil-based company UOL reported, Starlink has informed the regulator that it does not intend to comply with the orders and now faces the possibility of Brazil revoking its licenses to operate in X.

Brazil’s blockade of X took effect early Saturday, rendering the app and website largely inaccessible to users in the country, a key non-NATO ally of the United States with a highly online-savvy population.

Musk and his companies have said they consider de Moraes’ actions “illegal” and the court’s orders issued without due process. The tech billionaire has ramped up his insults and calls for de Moraes’ impeachment throughout the week. Musk ramped up his rhetoric over the Labor Day weekend in the US

He called for an end to US development aid to Brazil, adding: “In return, there will be a confiscation of the assets of those who support the current regime in Brazil to pay for their illegal actions,” without providing any evidence to support his statement.

On Monday, Musk called de Moraes a “criminal” and wrote in another post on X: “Unless the Brazilian government returns SpaceX’s illegally seized property, we will seek the seizure of state assets in return.”

The Associated Press reported that the blocking of X in Brazil had “led to disagreement among users and politicians about the legality of the ban” and that many Brazilians had “difficulties and doubts navigating other social media without the ban.”

However, some social media users in Brazil are moving to other social networks. Bluesky announced “new all-time highs in activity” of users in Brazil on August 30.

SpaceX and Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.

Musk describes himself as a supporter of free speech, but his track record is not consistent. While in Brazil and Australia he defied authorities’ orders to delete accounts or content, under his leadership in Turkey and India, X has deleted content critical of ruling parties.