Last of two parts

PICKING up from where I left this discussion on Sunday, September 29, the risks that Elon Musk poses to the Philippines can be summarized as a high risk of interference in domestic affairs, through encouraging the spread of inflammatory disinformation (and actively participating in it personally); and a national security risk with respect to the Philippines' maritime conflict with China, and the spillover risks of a Chinese assimilation of Taiwan, which Musk supports and has openly advocated. The former is facilitated by Musk's ownership of the Twitter (X) social media platform, and the latter is associated with his Starlink satellite internet service, which several government agencies, the Philippine Navy, several important Philippine businesses and some public users, although apparently not many, have uncritically embraced and begun to use.