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FCC dives in to sink Chinese grip on undersea internet cables (www.theregister.com)
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[–] Loduz_247@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So there will be government-owned submarine cables?

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was assured by a random Asshole on the Internet yesterday that the government does not own undersea cables.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

In China everybody and everything is owned by the government. If not indirectly.

[–] EchoCT@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

As though us in the west aren't? Even indirectly, per your own statement.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 16 hours ago

Nothing that submarine floating charges couldn't fix.