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I think what Elon understands that these regulators have not considered carefully is that if people access Twitter or other tech services via the Starlink netwo
by djyaz1200 4y ago
I think what Elon understands that these regulators have not considered carefully is that if people access Twitter or other tech services via the Starlink network satellites they are literally above the law. EU, North Korea, China, Russia has no power to regulate space based activity.
- cwillu 4y agoIn principle maybe, but remember that starlink is currently more of a synthetic ionosphere that a suitable receiver can bounce signals off to a base station that is still relatively regional.
- djyaz1200 4y agoSure, and it could be jammed or blocked potentially as we've already seen in Ukraine. Assuming Starlink can eventually establish and maintain an exclusively space based internet connection anywhere then any site accessed could potentially circumvent local laws/censorship. Here is an article from 2016 about an Iranian using his satellite connection to get access to banned content... https://www.wired.com/2016/04/ingenious-way-iranians-using-satellite-tv-beam-banned-data/ https://www.wired.com/2016/04/ingenious-way-iranians-using-s...