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Starlink is Musk. That‘s not reliable

Starlink is now the only way to get internet in Iran bro.

I heard somewhere.

It’s great that starlink is there, but it can still be shut down on the whim of its owner as seen in the past. So hurray for starlink! (unless the opportunistic tides of politics change)

I know you hate it, but X and Starlink are the only channels giving us information on Iran right now. If X was censored (like many leftists are advocating), we wouldn't know anything about those riots.

What are Iranians posting on X that the left would want censored?

People rising against a regime that the left sympathizes with, obviously.

Iranians describing how Isam destroyed their country within one decade (the UK establishment is very unconfortable with that truth, for some reaslon...).

Iranians calling on Trump and thanking Elon. That tends to make leftists mad.

>That tends to make leftists mad.

Being mad is one thing, but demanding X censor that speech is another. I'm not really involved in this debate so I haven't seen anything like that. Can you provide some examples of any prominent people on the left calling for X to censor that speech?

Starmer, T.Breton (former EU commissioner, the one who got denied VISA to the US going forward), google them with "X ban" and you'll have all the results you want. Similar with many other EU political figures.

I see news articles about Starmer wanting to ban X for allowing deepfakes and sexualized images of children, which seems reasonable to me. Presumably if X took steps other companies have to prevent those images, the ban would be off the table.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uk-x-elon-musk-grok-ai-sexualiz...

As for T. Breton, it seems they're wanting X to abide by the EU's Digital Services Act, which requires transparency in how a company tries to combat disinformation among other things (protection of children's exposure to dangerous content being one of them).

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/12/24/us-visa-ban-ta...

I still don't see where the Iranian protests or regime change there would factor into this.

Yeah thanks, so they want to ban X and I was right.

Why is it so difficult for you to understand: we don’t want your x shit in Europe. Since when is the American president so concerned about the business of a single man, who’s an immigrant himself? Anna Paulina Luna, she’s a fucking immigrant too, or a daughter of one. You have all lost your mind there in the US. Why should we be even concerned with what you want if your leader is ready to send tanks because someone said “no”. Fuck people who think like you. Take your propaganda and kindly fuck off.

"We" ? The 100 million active users in Europe, making X one of the most downloaded app on the continent, probably beg to differ.

Again, typical socialism reflexes: you dont like X, so instead f just not using it, you feel like you need to send us the police to make us not use it...

PS: do you have short and blue hair ? Just a question, don't get too triggered.

You know, not everyone on this site has an absolutist binary opinion on the Elon. Some people can give him credit for what he gets right, while simultaneously calling bullshit on his bullshit.

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