Elon Musk acknowledged over the weekend that SpaceX deliberately slowed Ukraine’s access to Starlink satellite internet, saying the company acted because Ukrainian forces had used the civilian service to guide offensive drone strikes against Russia.
\n\nThe New York Post reports that in a series of posts on X, Musk said Ukraine’s military had broken the terms of service governing Starlink by using it for attacks meant to kill people. “Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be,” he wrote. He described the workaround Ukraine had found as a “loophole” that SpaceX shut down. “Ukraine military [sic] violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was closed last week,” Musk wrote.
\n\nMusk drew a distinction between Starlink, the commercial internet service, and Starshield, a separate military version of the system that he said is controlled by the U.S. government rather than SpaceX. “Starshield, a different system, is controlled by the US government. What they decide to do is up to them,” he said. That distinction had caused confusion in the days before his confirmation. Musk initially suggested that complaints…
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