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Elon Musk Agrees to Sell a Portion of Starlink Assets to the U.S. Department of Defense (news.yahoo.com)
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U.S. billionaire Elon Musk has agreed to sell a portion of Starlink assets to the U.S. Department of Defense, removing himself from decision-making regarding geofencing Ukraine’s access to the satellite internet service

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[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

You never know. The threat of an extraordinary rendition to Ukraine might have kept the price down.

[-] Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

After hearing of the story I wondered if Elon could be charged under Ukrainian law as some sort of accomplice / aid to enemy operations and potentially detained and extradited by a country more actively supportive of anti-Russian operations should Elon go on vacation to such a country. (do I have to say Poland? Because I'm thinking Poland.)

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