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.
Comment on Russia’s Starlink use sparks probe into SpaceX compliance with US sanctions
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 8 months agoEndorkend@kbin.social 8 months ago
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.
mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Why the fuck are you carrying water for a racist sociopath?
Bimfred@lemmy.world 8 months ago
If you’re gonna hate someone, hate them for what they actually did, not for what their detractors want you to think they did.
Modern news media is fucking awash with cleverly worded half truths that are repeated so often, by so many who don’t take a moment for critical thought, that they become almost a rallying cry. It’s Hunter’s Laptop all over again, but aimed at the left.
Oderus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Shit birds of a shit feather…
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.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 8 months ago
The vast majority of people are under the impression that Elon disabled Starlink there and when someone makes a comment like the one I replied to this is what they’re thinking about. The article I linked is there to educate these people.
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.
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)
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.
federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world 8 months ago
careful being so media savvy. you are going to be accused of siding with putin and hamas soon.
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 ???.
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.