Comment on Russia’s Starlink use sparks probe into SpaceX compliance with US sanctions

• Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Did Elon Musk Turn Off Starlink Access in Crimea To Disrupt Ukrainian Attack?

  Tl;dr: No.

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  • BossDj@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    More accurate TLDR of the article: He did explicitly deny it to an ally. Ukraine asked for it to be activated in Crimea and he said no.

    Whether he should have or not is up to interpretation. He claimed that US sanctions didn’t allow it, but another time said he was preventing war. Why he gets to decide at all is ???.

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    • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      He didn’t say he was preventing a war. Those are Isaacson’s words, not Elon’s. What Elon said is that enabling it would make SpaceX explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation.

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  • Endorkend@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    TL Actually read it, Yes.

    I didn't say he deactivated it.

    I said he specifically declined to activate it for Ukraine when requested.

    He makes no such qualms about Russia using his service.

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    • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The question in the title is: “Did Elon Musk Turn Off Starlink Access in Crimea To Disrupt Ukrainian Attack?”

      The answer is no.

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      • mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Why the fuck are you carrying water for a racist sociopath?

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      • Triteer@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Why tf did you post that article if not to refute the assertion that he denied service? It doesn’t matter what the title of the article you posted is if it’s a total non-sequitur.

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      • my_hat_stinks@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s a bit of a non-sequitur though, the context was denying service to an ally not cutting off existing service to Crimea. It’s like if someone asked “Have you ever shaken a baby” and you respond “I have never kicked this baby!”. Sure, it’s good that you haven’t kicked a baby, but that’s just not the question.

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  • wahming@monyet.cc ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s an interesting clarification. Never heard about it (and I’m guessing most other people didn’t either)

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    • w2tpmf@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s how propaganda works.

      Absolutely true facts can be published, but simply picking and choosing certain details to withhold completely changes the story.

      So pretty much what the vast majority of main stream media news does every day.

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      • federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        careful being so media savvy. you are going to be accused of siding with putin and hamas soon.

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