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Google and Facebook have withdrawn plans to build an undersea cable between the United States and Hong Kong after the Trump administration raised national security concerns about the proposal.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."
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Mykl on Wednesday September 02 2020, @03:50AM (4 children)
I already moved my own site's hosting from Hong Kong when the shit went down. I briefly considered re-basing in the US, but decided that the US is just as bad when it comes to violating citizens' data.
I moved to my provider's European data center instead.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Bot on Wednesday September 02 2020, @03:58AM (1 child)
Well one would keep the HK server and fill it up with fake logs n' shieet, just to give the AI algos some garbage to sift through. The risk OTOH is to have some archibald buttle executed for this.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @03:54PM
That is probably my favorite movie of all time.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2020, @12:42AM (1 child)
Why not Singapore or Australia as it is still in the vicinity of the region?
(Score: 2) by Mykl on Thursday September 03 2020, @07:39AM
I probably would have done that if my provider offered those locations. Unfortunately, it was HK, US or Europe only and I'm too lazy to switch everything over to another provider.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Bot on Wednesday September 02 2020, @03:55AM (7 children)
lefties spinning the story in 3..2..1..
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(Score: 2) by Mojibake Tengu on Wednesday September 02 2020, @05:19AM
You are safe now. See? No sea cable over there...
The edge of 太玄 cannot be defined, for it is beyond every aspect of design
(Score: 2) by Aegis on Wednesday September 02 2020, @02:22PM (5 children)
Lefties are opposed to putting Muslims in Concentration Camps. What is your position on that issue?
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday September 02 2020, @05:00PM (2 children)
[citation needed]
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @09:13PM (1 child)
WW2.
You fascists need a reminder?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @11:54PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @06:57PM
He'd be ok putting them in the cages to babysit the brown children.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Friday September 04 2020, @01:16PM
Listen it's easy. Muslims are expansionist nationalists. Nazis were expansionist nationalists. What nazis deserve, muslims deserve.
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @04:37AM (2 children)
Isn't it nice to see Facebook taking the initiative to build out infrastructure in a world where absolutely everyone professes undying hatred of their manifold alleged monopoly ISPs.
Here's your real monopoly: a world where the one and only Facebook literally built your internet.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @07:54AM (1 child)
Quick! Nationalize Facebook before it can do any good! For The People!
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday September 02 2020, @08:11AM
Right... for the people of Philippines. The US govt is the best to take care of it. (grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @10:08AM (1 child)
So just route around America. Build cable to Vancouver instead.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @02:20PM
And you think they won't require a license?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @12:22PM
Who the hell own all the undersea cables and where can I look it up? I naively believed it was some sort of government level international joint affair.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @04:58PM (3 children)
that answers the question of whether the US gov would stand by the people of hong kong. guess you're on your own, peeps!
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday September 02 2020, @05:02PM
Yeah, Hong Kong is screwed. The best they can hope for is that China will slowly change for the better.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @07:00PM (1 child)
Why do you think they're moving on HK so quickly? Just like everyone else, right now the good bet is on a Biden win and they need to get away with as much as they can under the current administration. If Trump wins, it doesn't matter either way.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2020, @08:58AM
Sorry what would happen if Biden wins? Back to bed with China? Seriously?
Is half the American population so deluded to think that China is still their best fuck buddy? Trump maybe an egoistical dumb-as-fuck loser but he definitely had the balls to call out the white elephant in the room - the world need to pay attention and start to collectively move stop China's expansion on all front before it is too late. I personally don't give 2 fucks about China as long as they keep their shit within their borders but they aren't.