Elon Musk says Starlink won't block Russian state media in Ukraine: 'Sorry to be a free speech absolutist'

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Elon Musk overnight said 'some governments' had asked SpaceX to block Russian state media on its Starlink internet satellites but said, 'We will not do so unless at gunpoint.'

Elon Musk overnight said "some governments" had asked SpaceX to block Russian state media on its Starlink internet satellites but said, "We will not do so unless at gunpoint." When a commenter argued that Russia state media was propaganda, Musk replied that "All news sources are partially propaganda, some more than others."

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 13: Elon Musk attends TIME Person of the Year on December 13, 2021 in New York City. Earlier, he tweeted that SpaceX had prioritized "cyber defense & overcoming signal jamming," having said a day earlier that in some parts of Ukraine Starlink was the only non-Russian communications system working and it was likely to be targeted.

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