Former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai discusses the importance of the communications sector in military operations in Klaman’s Countdown.
Elon Musk said the day before that “certain governments” have asked SpaceX to block Russian state media on their Starlink internet satellites, but said, “We won’t do it unless we’re under gunpoint.”
He clarified that this was not a request from Ukraine, adding: “Sorry for the absolutism of free speech.”
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When one commentator stated that Russian state media is propaganda, Musk responded that “all news sources are partially propaganda, some more so than others.”
He previously tweeted that SpaceX was prioritizing “cyber defense and overcoming signal jamming,” saying a day earlier that in parts of Ukraine, Starlink was the only non-Russian communications system operating and it was likely to be targeted.
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A week ago, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla said the Starlink service was active in Ukraine hours after the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister asked for his help as the Russians try to shut the country off from the internet.
Moscow got rid of most of its independent media after Russian President Vladimir Putin enacted a new law that sentences journalists to prison if they report “fake” news about the war, i.e. anything that contradicts officials’ claims about Moscow’s war in Ukraine.