Taiwan needs a satellite-based internet provider independent of tech titan Elon Musk, a respected former Taiwanese lawmaker warned.
“Our biggest vulnerability is the internet connectivity cutoff,” former Taiwanese legislator-at-large Jason Hsu, a senior research fellow with Harvard Kennedy School, said Wednesday. “We need satellites, low-orbit satellite connectivities. And, we also cannot rely on Elon Musk’s Starlink, because he might have a large business interest in China.”
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