The threat posed by Musk to the world is more serious than ever
Elon Musk’s control over the former social network Twitter and his extremist and racist behavior in spreading provocative fake and false news and data has been making headlines in recent months
He has weakened the oversight of this social network and has openly and seriously acted to reinstate malevolent, extremist, and dangerous individuals and groups to his social network
His support for British racist riots and spreading lies and incitement against the Keir Starmer government was his latest action in this regard, which continued with the republishing and spreading of racist content supporting Nazis and extremists. He has also consistently shown appreciation and sympathy for anti-immigrant groups
But these are not the main threat. Elon Musk now owns two-thirds of the satellites orbiting the Earth. SpaceX, Elon Musk’s company, launched the seven-thousandth Starlink internet service satellite into space. He intends to increase the current number of active Starlink satellites to over 40,000 to expand his internet services worldwide
These services have so far been activated in more than a hundred countries, and Starlink earns revenue from providing internet and selling related hardware. These services are so valuable that he has come to an agreement with the Brazilian government, which has restricted access to the former Twitter, to continue providing Starlink services
Musk’s destructive and malevolent approach has become apparent in the last two years, and in fact, his dirty game in the stock market and cryptocurrency market, which accounted for part of his vast wealth, along with his deceitful game in Tesla, where an agreement for a massive bonus made him wealthy, has shown the nature of his behavior and approach
In an era where the U.S. government budget for NASA has decreased year by year, and SpaceX has single-handedly taken over satellite and spacecraft launch services, and in the absence of a serious competitor, Musk is becoming the absolute ruler of this field
His control over internet services is also not good news for the people of non-democratic countries. Musk’s interest in authoritarian countries and their rulers does not present a positive outlook for the people of these countries under Musk’s dominance of global internet
It is not without reason that Musk has not yet made an effort to bring internet to the people of Iran. He has held the same stance regarding Russia, Syria, and North Korea and has made no effort to provide free internet to China