alt.hn

3/5/2026 at 4:01:48 PM

FCC Chair to Europe: If You Restrict US Satellite Providers, We'll Ban You Here

 https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-chair-to-europe-restrict-us-satellite-providers-well-ban-you-in-us

by msolujic

3/5/2026 at 5:07:49 PM

What would be a legitimate reason for the EU to restrict these services?

by aiiizzz

3/5/2026 at 5:35:36 PM

Why wouldn't the US allow a Chinese provider?

Yes, the question is why not, not if, and you know it to be true.

by grim_io

3/5/2026 at 6:43:40 PM

> EU's proposed Space Act, which would force companies like Elon Musk's SpaceX, Amazon's Leo and European satellite company Eutelsat to curb space debris and pollution, and tighten safety and cybersecurity protections. The draft law would also require U.S. firms to appoint a legal representative inside the EU.

> The U.S. administration has criticized the draft rules before, claiming they would place "unacceptable regulatory burdens" on American champions.

Oh the horror! Little Musk can’t afford to clean up his mess.

by jurgenburgen

3/5/2026 at 5:25:37 PM

What would be a legitimate reason for the EU to allow these services?

You can't run a tower-based cellular network without a license, why a satellite-based cellular network?

by ulfw

3/5/2026 at 5:40:43 PM

Because the services are controlled by a hostile aggressor state, which less than two months ago made repeated threats to literally invade the EU? This isn't complicated, mate.

by Analemma_

3/5/2026 at 5:22:49 PM

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by darig

3/5/2026 at 6:42:12 PM

Well, I have bad news for the FCC Chair: Europe simply and strategically has to step in if it wants to stand on it own feet in an age of hybrid warfare. Especially Starlink is a weapon in the hands of `surveillance industry left join private military` against Europe.

It is increasingly clear that the US vision on Europe is pretty much comparable to how the Kremlin and associated oligarchy perceive neighboring countries. Nothing more than resource pools to be exploited.

There is a slippery slope from 'good business requires killing competition' to the 'might makes right' thinking, which you can openly hear from the mouths of the current administration. That is also why you wouldn't hear about the tens of thousands Ukrainian kids being kidnapped and brainwashed but instead see them repeatedly berating the victim; it isn't 'holding cards' and as such should just surrender to raping savages.

The worst that could happen now would be if the public gets distracted from the nature of this beast. And unfortunately, it isn't named 'Trump'. It's way bigger, way more pervasive than the distractor in (optical) command.

There is no way Europe can have their intel and general communication being grabbed by the likes of Musk, Thiel and Miller. The longer Europe waits, the more difficult it gets (think consumer backlash). For those who paid attention, the war on Europe didn't start kinetically: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46915567

by exceptione

3/5/2026 at 5:00:09 PM

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by darig