Elon Musk ordered Starlink to be turned off during Ukraine offensive

Posted by neverminder on Thursday September 07, 2023 @06:34PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/07/elon-musk-ordered-starlink-turned-off-ukraine-offensive-biography

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Re:Elon Musk ordered Starlink to be turned off during Ukrain... by manuelabeledo on Thursday September 07, 2023 @07:13PM (#37426967)

> “How am I in this war?” Musk asked rhetorically in an interview with Isaacson. “Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars. It was so people can watch Netflix and chill and get online for school and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes.”

That's rich, coming from the guy who offered Starlink to the DoD to support their communication efforts in Ukraine.

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Re:Elon Musk ordered Starlink to be turned off during Ukrain... by victortan83 on Friday September 08, 2023 @04:23AM (#37430998)

Starlink terms of service explicitly prohibits military use

https://www.starlink.com/legal/documents/DOC-1020-91087-64

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Re:Elon Musk ordered Starlink to be turned off during Ukrain... by manuelabeledo on Friday September 08, 2023 @05:11AM (#37431331)

And yet: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/pentagon-...

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Re:Elon Musk ordered Starlink to be turned off during Ukrain... by daveguy on Friday September 08, 2023 @01:38PM (#37436781)

* explicitly prohibits military use unless you hand Musk enough cash.

Fuck Elon Musk.

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Re:Elon Musk ordered Starlink to be turned off during Ukrain... by dekhn on Friday September 08, 2023 @06:11PM (#37439989)

You've posted the same comment in three threads about this topic, but those ToS don't apply to everybody.

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