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posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday February 25 2014, @09:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the Take-my-data-and-go-home dept.
c0lo writes: "Reuters reports

(Reuters) Brazil and the European Union agreed on Monday to lay an undersea communications cable from Lisbon to Fortaleza to reduce Brazil's reliance on the United States after Washington spied on Brasilia.

At a summit in Brussels, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said the $185 million cable project was central to "guarantee the neutrality" of the Internet, signaling her desire to shield Brazil's Internet traffic from U.S. surveillance. According to other sources, the construction is scheduled to begin in July.

A joint venture between Brazilian telecoms provider Telebras and Spain's IslaLink Submarine Cables would lay the communications link. Telebras would have a 35 percent stake, IslaLink would have a 45 percent interest and European and Brazilian pension funds could put up the remainder.

So it has come to this"

 
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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by caseih on Tuesday February 25 2014, @04:58PM

    by caseih (2744) on Tuesday February 25 2014, @04:58PM (#6740)

    Brazil and Europe want to control their own communication lines so they can tap them and conduct surveillance without having to rely on the the NSA. It's the best of both worlds, really. The governments get to score points with the voters by saying, we're keeping your data away from the NSA, and allowing them to funnel data through lines and data centers that are on local soil, making local spying a lot easier.

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