• SupraMario@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Starlink was not sold or provided to Ukraine under a defense contract… defense contractors who are labeled as such do not typically work with the public directly. You’re definition of a defense contractor apparently is any company who has worked on a DOJ or DOD bid…which means basically all companies in the USA. This doesn’t magically make them not have to follow civilian regulations. ITAR is in play here, just because starlink has defense contracts, doesn’t magically give them a pass on other regulations.

    Cereal companies get defense contracts FFS…that doesn’t make them a defense contractor.

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      11 months ago

      Why would working a DOJ bid make a company a defense contractor…?

      JFC…you might actually need a reeducation camp, but instead of propaganda, it’s just a forced repeat of K-12 education.