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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday September 02 2020, @03:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the small-detour dept.

Trump administration forces Facebook and Google to drop Hong Kong cable

Google and Facebook have withdrawn plans to build an undersea cable between the United States and Hong Kong after the Trump administration raised national security concerns about the proposal. On Thursday, the companies submitted a revised plan that bypasses Hong Kong but includes links to Taiwan and the Philippines that were part of the original proposal.

One of the original project's partners, Hong Kong company Pacific Light Data Communication, has been dropped.

Federal law requires a license from the Federal Communications Commission to build an undersea cable connecting the United States with a foreign country. When Google and Facebook submitted their application for an undersea cable connecting the US to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Philippines, a committee of federal agencies led by the Justice Department recommended against approving the connection to Hong Kong, citing the "current national security environment."


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @07:54AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @07:54AM (#1045296)

    Quick! Nationalize Facebook before it can do any good! For The People!

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday September 02 2020, @08:11AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday September 02 2020, @08:11AM (#1045301) Journal

    it can do any good! For The People!

    Right... for the people of Philippines. The US govt is the best to take care of it. (grin)

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