New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- The administrations of former US President Joe Biden and current President Donald Trump have repeatedly asked Elon Musk's SpaceX to activate or restrict its Starlink satellite internet service in different countries, highlighting Washington's growing reliance on private technology companies to implement foreign policy objectives, according to a Reuters report citing six former senior US officials.

The requests, made before the recent restrictions on Ukraine's military access to SpaceX satellite communications, included disabling Starlink to prevent Iran-backed militias in Yemen and Lebanon from using the service and activating it to provide internet access in Iran and Ukraine, Reuters reported.

During Biden's presi...