According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, several nations have directed Starlink to block Russian news

March 5, 2022 - Around 2 mins mins to read

Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, said on Saturday that some governments, but not Ukraine, have urged his company’s Starlink satellite internet service to block Russian news outlets.

Starlink has been told by some governments (not Ukraine) to block Russian news sources. We will not do so unless at gunpoint.

Sorry to be a free speech absolutist.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5, 2022

“We will not do so unless at ‘gunpoint’, sorry to be a free speech absolutist”, he said in a tweet.

Elon Musk also said that SpaceX was reprioritized to cyber defense & overcoming signal jamming, will cause slight delays in Starship & Starlink V2

SpaceX reprioritized to cyber defense & overcoming signal jamming.

Will cause slight delays in Starship & Starlink V2.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5, 2022

Meanwhile, the Tesla Founder called for an immediate increase in oil and gas production around the world because sustainable solutions cannot replace Russian output. “Hate to say it, but we need to increase oil & gas output immediately,” Musk wrote on Twitter on Friday. “Extraordinary times demand extraordinary measures.”

Musk added that although increasing oil and gas production would affect Tesla negatively, sustainable energy solutions cannot react instantaneously to make up for Russian oil and gas exports.

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