Elon Musk was right to cede Starlink access to Pentagon, says biographer
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U.S. billionaire Elon Musk has agreed to sell a portion of Starlink assets to the U.S. Department of Defense, removing himself from decision-making regarding geofencing Ukraine’s access to the satellite internet service, Musk’s biographer Walter Isaacson told The Washington Post on Sept. 13.

U.S. billionaire Elon Musk has agreed to sell a portion of Starlink assets to the U.S. Department of Defense, removing himself from decision-making regarding geofencing Ukraine’s access to the satellite internet service

  • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world
    112·
    1 year ago

    Why doesn’t he trade them X for some of Starlink? The value of Twitter X is in the negatives now, right?

    Then maybe as a government run social media it can be stable and boring again.

    • XTornado@lemmy.ml
      21·
      1 year ago

      Because they want Starlink satellites for Ukraine probably (and other uses but now this at minimum). X doesn’t provide them with shit.

    • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      1 year ago

      The value of Twitter X is in the negatives now, right?

      It’s a private company and you can’t buy their stocks.

    • cooljacob204@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      It will be the opposite. The government will not be able to sensor or moderate anything but illegal stuff because of the first amendment.