DOJ has objected to Facebook and Google's 8,000-mile cable to Hong Kong, claiming it offers “unprecedented opportunities” for Chinese government espionage
The DOJ's opposition to Facebook and Google's 8,000-mile cable to Hong Kong highlights how physical infrastructure is as contentious as the virtual world.
Wired Justin Sherman
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Discussion
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@maryhui
Mary Hui
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The HK-based company with majority control of the Google- & Facebook-backed Pacific Light submarine cable is owned by Chinese telecom giant Dr. Peng, which has publicly said that the US-HK cable fits well into China's Belt & Road strategy. https://qz.com/...
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@alysesue
Alyse Sue
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An undersea internet cable going through HK, a partnership between @Google, @Facebook and others is the latest snag in US-China tensions over Hong Kong https://qz.com/... via @qz
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@_ainikki
Ainikki
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What ‘domain’ is an undersea cable? U.S. foreign policy was a little late to the game on what digital infrastructure projects mean for information security (hello last-minute panic on Huawei) but I'm glad it's been coming around. https://www.wired.com/...
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@ajitpaifcc
Ajit Pai
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Team Telecom recommends, “based on national security concerns, that the @FCC partially deny the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) subsea cable system application, to the extent it seeks a direct connection between the United States and Hong Kong.” https://www.justice.gov/...
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@jshermcyber
Justin Sherman
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My latest @WIRED: the bigger story behind Facebook's internet cable project — aka the geopolitics of physical internet infrastructure https://www.wired.com/...
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@cyberstatecraft
@cyberstatecraft
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“The development and maintenance of undersea cables, the landing points anchoring them above ground, and other physical internet infrastructure are a growing arm of cyber statecraft and source of security risk.” @jshermcyber in @WIRED #ACcyber https://twitter.com/...
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@missmaga2016
@missmaga2016
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The DOJ has officially recommended that the FCC deny the CCP/#China's attempt at an undersea Internet backbone cable that would connect the US directly to Hong Kong. I have no doubt that the FCC will block it since R's have the majority. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.co…