Could StarLink remove global internet censorship? (January 2020)(forbes.com)
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Could StarLink remove global internet censorship? (January 2020)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/01/09/elon-musks-42000-starlink-satellites-could-just-save-the-world/#94291a24c2cd
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I got this question following a thread about censorship in the Middle East in the publication: https: //news.ycombinator.com/item? id = 24247561
I would be interested to know your opinion about the measures that governments could take that they censor their towns in case StarLink reaches rural areas of Middle Eastern countries (and countries in general that censor their local internet networks)
I would be interested to know your opinion about the measures that governments could take that they censor their towns in case StarLink reaches rural areas of Middle Eastern countries (and countries in general that censor their local internet networks)
Step two: Success!
If you fly a satellite above a country to help people do something illegal like circumvent censorship, the country in question could jam or kill the satellites with no recourse from the owners. I see a way to stop censorship as A Good Thing but doing something illegal and force it down another countries throat from space and I would applaud if they shot them down. Because what is next? Jamming their national TV? Internet? Telephones? Might as well be a declaration of war.