# Starlink: How Elon Musk’s company shapes geopolitics

https://mins.news/en/item/101462

- DW, 2026-10-15 12:59 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/starlink-how-elon-musk-s-company-influences-geopolitics/a-75963477?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Created to connect remote areas, Starlink has become an important communications tool in crises and war zones. Ukraine illustrates the risks of relying on the service. It is also used by protesters in Iran to evade internet censorship and by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces in the civil war.

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