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2023-09-08 09:28:23 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Musk’s stated version of events https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1699913329261813809 contradict what is published in his authorized biography where Walter Isaacson writes “he secretly told his engineers to turn off coverage within 100 kilometers of the Crimean coast” and “ he refused to turn the coverage for Crimea back on” https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Walter-Isaacson/697650 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/07/elon-musk-starlink-ukraine-russia-invasion/

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• Musk’s stated version of events https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1699913329261813809 contradict what is published in his authorized biography where Walter Isaacson writes “he secretly told his engineers to turn off coverage within 100 kilometers of the Crimean coast” and “ he refused to turn the coverage for Crimea back on” https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Walter-Isaacson/697650 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/07/elon-musk-starlink-ukraine-russia-invasion/