SpaceX cuts off 2,500 Starlink devices at Myanmar scam centres


FILE PHOTO: This photo taken on September 17, 2025 shows advertisements for gambling sites and what appears to be Starlink satellite dishes on the roofs of buildings at KK Park complex in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township, as pictured from Mae Sot district in Thailand's border province of Tak. - AFP

YANGON: SpaceX has cut service to more than 2,500 Starlink internet devices at Myanmar scam centres, a company executive said on Wednesday October 22, after AFP revealed that their use had exploded in the illicit industry.

Sprawling compounds where internet tricksters target foreigners with romance and business cons have thrived along Myanmar's loosely governed border during its civil war.

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