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There is a national security risk angle to this. Elon has been talking to Putin and Putin has been making requests on behalf of Xi Jinping such as not turning o

There is a national security risk angle to this. Elon has been talking to Putin and Putin has been making requests on behalf of Xi Jinping such as not turning on Starlink over Taiwan [1]. Musk has also been turning off Starlink when he decides there is a risk of nuclear war [2]. An American corporation undermining American foreign policy is a security risk. No citizen, especially a crazy one like Elon, should have this much power. [1] https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187 https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversat... [2] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66752264 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66752264

bryanlarsen 2y ago
> turning off Starlink He didn't turn it off, he refused to turn it on over Crimea when Ukraine requested he do so. Turning it on without the permission of the State Department would have been illegal.
swarnie 2y ago
An American company providing American services via American government funding with a founder who can't leave the next American presidents beach house if he tried undermines American foreign policy. If i wanted to control a country and couldn't get my hands on their banking system i guess their communication systems would do... I just dont see it somehow.
immibis 2y ago
Countries are choosing to align themselves with China and Russia rather than the US, so this shouldn't be a problem for those countries.
- NewJazz 2y ago
  Korea, Japan, Phillipines, Taiwan, Australia, India might have different thoughts
ImJamal 2y ago
Elon literally didn't turn it on because of the US government rules. How is a person / company doing what the government wants undermining government policy?