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FCC Chair Urges Allies to Ditch Chinese Satellites for Starlink

4/15/2025

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FCC chair Brendan Carr sounded the alarm for European allies, urging them to reconsider their reliance on Chinese satellite services in favor of Elon Musk's Starlink. He called for a united front among Western democracies against the encroaching influence of the Chinese Communist Party, highlighting the troubling technological gap that threatens to widen between the US and China.

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FCC chair Brendan Carr sounded the alarm for European allies, urging them to reconsider their reliance on Chinese satellite services in favor of Elon Musk's Starlink. He called for a united front among Western democracies against the encroaching influence of the Chinese Communist Party, highlighting the troubling technological gap that threatens to widen between the US and China.