| ▲ | qwerpy 3 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
> owned/operated by an unregulated billionaire nutcase that will turn off your access if he doesn't like you any more (c.f. Ukraine front line) Is this actually true? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_in_the_Russian-Ukrain... > In 2022, Elon Musk denied a Ukrainian request to extend Starlink's coverage up to Russian-occupied Crimea during a counterattack on a Crimean port, from which Russia had been launching attacks against Ukrainian civilians; doing so would have violated US sanctions on Russia. This event was widely reported in 2023, erroneously characterizing it as Musk "turning off" Starlink coverage in Crimea. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | ivewonyoung 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Sad to see your comment downvoted for inconvenient facts correcting a very prevalent urban legend. This is the level of political bias that exists where facts have to be suppressed to fuel the narrative and the agenda. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | PaulDavisThe1st 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Original (non-primary) source cited at the end of that paragraph: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/07/elon-musk... [EDIT: Deleted quoted text from above, because I missed (!!!) the retraction from the cited primary author ] | |||||||||||||||||
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