News Summary

• SpaceX has cut service to more than 2,500 Starlink devices at scam centres in Myanmar, a company vice-president said.
• AFP revealed that the use of the satellite internet terminals 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.
• A highly publicised crackdown starting in February saw some 7,000 workers repatriated and Thailand enact a cross-border internet blockade.