It figures. Google, Facebook, and a CCP company out of #China called Dr. Peng Telecom&Media Group Co. Ltd funded a deep sea Pacific internet cable to connect US to China via Hong Kong.
It appears that the Trump admin may have blocked it, though.
It appears that the Trump admin may have blocked it, though.
I'm guessing it was blocked, but the article isn't exactly clear enough and I'm not able to read the WSJ article nor archive it to see what they said.
Here it just says that "US officials upended" their plans.
Here it just says that "US officials upended" their plans.
Facebook was also involved per this older article.
The DOJ previously objected to the project and wouldn't specifically comment on it but say this in the screenshot below. Does sound like legal speak to confirm in a roundabout way.
businessinsider.com/us-officials-m…
The DOJ previously objected to the project and wouldn't specifically comment on it but say this in the screenshot below. Does sound like legal speak to confirm in a roundabout way.
businessinsider.com/us-officials-m…
Here's more about what China and Huawei have been doing to gain control of the internet backbone:
H/t to @pjcox
H/t to @pjcox
Here's what else China has been doing....at the UN
China, Russia, and other dictatorial countries who got a new "Cybercrime Convention" approved at the UN which could tighten censorship ever more, under the guise of crime prevention.
