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The question is, will Global South countries protect the data of citizens and ensure Starlink adheres to local regulatory processes or will they give in to diplomatic pressure in return for trade benefits with the US government?

For example, countries like India and Ghana have requested Starlink to have a physical presence before they can be approved to operate. Read more here - lnkd.in/gdrbnJ-2

C. As Global South countries are figuring out the strategies to build friendly diplomatic relationships with the US, they might be forced to allow Starlink to operate within their countries and relax data localization requirements, causing 'chaos' within the local ISP ecosystem.

...A serious threat to the national security and data sovereignty of these countries. Read more here - lnkd.in/gmKXqTvj

B. As brilliantly explained by Phumzile Van Damme on Twitter (still struggling to call it X), Data collected from users of Starlink, include some governments that are hooked on, bypass all local infrastructure outside the countries it operates and connect with Google's data centres...

A. Starlink, unlike regional telcos, has no towers, ground stations or data infrastructure in the countries it operates. So, where does the data of users sit?