SAN FRANCISCO (BLOOMBERG) - Google and Facebook dropped plans for an undersea cable between the US and Hong Kong after the Trump administration said Beijing might use the link to collect information on Americans.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SAN FRANCISCO - Google and Facebook dropped plans for an undersea cable between the US and Hong Kong after the Trump administration said Beijing might use the link to collect information on Americans.
The new filing didn't include Hong Kong-based Pacific Light Data Communication, a partner in the original plan and a concern for US security agencies that cited its links to mainland China's Dr Peng Telecom & Media Group .
The agencies recommended that the Federal Communications Commission approve parts of the project connecting the US to Taiwan and the Philippines."We continue to work through established channels to obtain cable landing licenses for our undersea cables," a spokesman for Alphabet's Google said in an email.
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