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Re:Information operations directed at Hong Kong by sword_smith on Monday August 19, 2019 @04:40PM (#20741586)
I was thinking the same thing. But powerful countries (US, China, Russia, and probably a few other countries) have the capabilities to shoot down satellites. Maybe they will opt for that or at least threaten to do that if Musk allows to much freedom?
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Re:Information operations directed at Hong Kong by Jedi72 on Monday August 19, 2019 @05:18PM (#20741921)
China will not be able to shoot down satellites just to stop video feeds escaping. Its an act of war. Also the USA will surely have capabilities to resist such attacks, and it only takes 1 stream to get through.

Democracy/free-enterprise need only hold its nerve, and it will win. Not for some moral reason, but simply because the overhead of maintaining a police-state is so much greater than a transparent society.

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Re:Information operations directed at Hong Kong by sword_smith on Monday August 19, 2019 @05:40PM (#20742082)
I hope you are right.
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