Thursday, February 27, 2025

Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online

A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar"where tens of thousands of people are enslaved"are using Starlink to get online.

Comments

We live now in the, 'whatever is profitable is legal' world of crass capitalism.

Which only gets worse from here.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-02-27 11:13 AM

Instead of using the system to help hunt down criminals and defend democracies, Elon would prefer to prop up dictators and let criminals run amuck.

#2 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2025-02-27 11:54 AM

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