Elon Musk’s Starlink stealing votes? An election conspiracy explained

A NEW CONSPIRACY THEORY IS MAKING WAVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ALLEGING THAT ELON MUSK USED HIS SATELLITE INTERNET COMPANY, STARLINK, TO RIG THE 2024 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

BUT VOTING MACHINE COMPANIES – AND ELECTION OFFICIALS – ARE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE CLAIMS.

THE THEORY SUGGESTS THAT STARLINK, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED BY MUSK’S SPACEX TO PROVIDE HIGH-SPEED INTERNET WORLDWIDE, WAS SOMEHOW CONNECTED TO VOTING MACHINES AND MANIPULATED VOTE COUNTS.

SOME VIDEOS SHARED ON TIKTOK AND SEEN MILLIONS OF TIMES –

California and other swing states were able to use Starlink in order to tally up and to count voting ballots in their state. There’s a multitude of issues with that.”

THIS VIDEO WAS SHARED BY A USER ON X WITH THE CAPTION –

“This woman just made the most convincing case for Biden to investigate the election. She exposes Starlink.”

ON INSTAGRAM’S MESSAGING APP “THREADS” –

THE CONSPIRACY WAS ALSO SHARED BY USERS.

“MUSK’S STARLINK UPLOADED VOTES IN SWING STATES.

STARLINK SATELLITES EXPLODING, DESTROYING EVIDENCE.”

ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS –

VOTING MACHINES ARE GENERALLY NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.

THE AP SAYS A FEW JURISDICTIONS **DO TRANSMIT UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS THROUGH PRIVATE NETWORKS –

BUT THIS ONLY HAPPENS AFTER BALLOTS HAVE BEEN COUNTED AND MEMORY CARDS CONTAINING VOTE TALLIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM MACHINES.

A CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AT “CLEAR BALLOT” – A COMPANY APPROVED BY THE “ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION” – SAYS MACHINES USED FOR SCANNING BALLOTS AREN’T EVEN CAPABLE OF CONNECTING TO WIFI OR BLUETOOTH NETWORKS –

SAYING “Those systems absolutely cannot have any network. In fact, if you look at the machines from Clear Ballot, the only wire that comes out of them is a power cord.”

POLITIFACT WAS ONE TO DEBUNK THE THEORY.

SPEAKING TO ELECTION OFFICIALS IN SWING STATES –

WHO SAY ELECTION SECURITY PROTOCOLS PREVENT VOTING EQUIPMENT FROM EVER BEING CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET DURING BALLOT TABULATION.

THE THEORY GAINED EVEN MORE TRACTION AFTER A STARLINK SATELLITE REENTERED EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE ON NOVEMBER 10 AND EXPLODED –

SOME SPECULATING IT WAS TO DESTROY EVIDENCE OF A STOLEN ELECTION.

BUT POLITIFACT ALSO SPOKE WITH NASA OFFICIALS –

WHO SAY SUCH RE-ENTRIES HAVE BEEN HAPPENING “ALMOST DAILY FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.”

SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ARE TAKING ACTION AGAINST THE LATEST CONSPIRACY.

META – THE PARENT COMPANY OF INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK –

IS FLAGGING POSTS AS PART OF ITS EFFORT TO COMBAT MISINFORMATION.

AND X POSTS RELATED TO THE CONSPIRACY HAVE “COMMUNITY NOTES” ATTACHED –

PROVIDING CONTEXT DEBUNKING THE STARLINK STOLEN ELECTION THEORY.

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