Starlink has been told by some governments (not Ukraine) to block Russian news sources. We will not do so unless at… https://t.co/iD0sAP7azl — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 1646457351000
@RogerYar All news sources are partially propaganda, some more than others — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 1646458769000
SpaceX reprioritized to cyber defense & overcoming signal jamming. Will cause slight delays in Starship & Starlink V2. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 1646456364000
@SpacePadreIsle In a way, this is free QA haha — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 1646470041000
And also my sympathies to the great people of Russia, who do not want this — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 1646443320000
Billionaire Elon Musk has been doing his best to help Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.On Saturday, the Tesla CEO shared that some world leaders (non-Ukrainian government) have been requesting Starlink - the satellite internet division of Musk-owned SpaceX - to block Russian news sources.Taking to his official Twitter account, he refused to do so unless he was held at gunpoint. He added that he was a 'free speech absolutist'.Meanwhile, tech giants such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, YouTube, Meta and several others have banned Russia-controlled news networks - RT and Sputnik - in the wake of Russia 's attack on Ukraine.When a user said that Russia's news was propaganda, Musk immediately replied, "All news sources are partially propaganda, some more than others."Later in the day, the 50-year-old confirmed that SpaceX had to reprioritise to cyber defense to overcome signal jamming. This further resulted in 'slight delay' in Starship & Starlink V2.Musk on Friday warned Ukrainians to use the Starlink satellite system with caution as his commercial Internet network can be targeted by Russians and hamper the entire system at work.As a non-Russian communications system, the Starlink satellite internet service has a "high" probability of being targeted.The world's richest man also revealed that some Starlink terminals near the conflict areas were jammed for several hours. His team managed to bypass the jamming with the latest software update."Am curious to see what’s next," he added.To lighten the mood further, he said that this activity is helping the company do free quality assurance.Musk urged the people of Ukraine to 'Hold Strong', and expressed sympathies for the 'great people of Russia', who do not want this war.On Thursday, Musk sent a truck full of Starlink user terminals to the war-torn country so that the communication channel is open for the people of the distressed nation.He also said that he optimised the software so that the terminals can function with power consumption as low as 12V car cigarette lighter.
Mind_Enigma on March 5th, 2022 at 12:28 UTC »
Honestly, as annoying as Musk is, internet providers probably shouldn't be censoring what we can see online. That would set a concerning precedent for the future.
noptamoius on March 5th, 2022 at 11:44 UTC »
Starlink is an ISP, an ISP shouldn’t be filtering traffic. This is not comparable to Facebook or app stores. Why this article was even written is beyond me.
ZippyV on March 5th, 2022 at 11:30 UTC »
Did everyone suddenly forgot about Net neutrality?