There was an interesting new post written by Kate Duffy and published at Business Insider. Take a look at this excerpt:

This takeover of the skies poses a threat to authoritarian regimes such as Russia. John Byrne, a service director specializing in telecom technology at GlobalData, told Insider it’s hard for Russia to penalize the internet provider, but “it’s easier to fine, or at least threaten to fine, your own citizens.”

Byrne said a government is able to control the rights to operate a cellular internet service, adding that if China told its network operators to ban certain sites through this internet medium, it would be easy.

“Satellite potentially turns the tables because the government doesn’t control space; as a result, the government has a much harder time regulating content over satellite,” he said.

From Twitter:

We’re just trying to get people to Mars. Help would be appreciated.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 13, 2021

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