Key takeaways:
- Elon Musk refused a request from Ukraine to activate his Starlink satellite network in Crimea’s port city of Sevastopol last year.
- The incident has raised questions about the power Musk has amassed through his various businesses and the potential implications of his actions.
- The incident has also sparked debate about the role of technology companies in international conflicts.
Elon Musk has revealed that he refused a request from Ukraine to activate his Starlink satellite network in Crimea’s port city of Sevastopol last year, citing fears of being complicit in a “major” act of war.
The billionaire businessman made the comment on his social media platform X after CNN cited an excerpt from a new biography of Musk that says he ordered the Starlink network turned off near the Crimean coast last year to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack.
Musk said in the post on X – formerly known as Twitter – late on Thursday that he had no choice but to reject the emergency request from Ukraine “to activate Starlink all the way to Sevastopol.” He did not give the date of the request and the excerpt did not specify what the Ukrainian attack was.
The revelation has raised questions about the power Musk has amassed through his various businesses and the potential implications of his actions. Even if Musk had the most benign of intentions and the most stable personality, his economic power is novel and dangerous in itself.
The incident has also sparked debate about the role of technology companies in international conflicts. While Musk’s refusal to aid the Ukrainian attack may have been a moral decision, it raises questions about the power of technology companies to influence international conflicts.
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