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Behind the European agenda for undersea internet cables

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Undersea cables account for the majority of the world’s internet traffic, but with growing concerns about malicious actors moving to cripple or interfere with internet infrastructure, the European Union has a number of projects of its own underway, supported by hidden political dynamics. Undersea fiber-optic cables facilitate 99 percent of global internet traffic, according to … Read more

Taiwan suspects that Chinese ships have cut the islands’ internet cables

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NANGAN, Taiwan (AP) For the past month, bed and breakfast owner Chen Yu-lin has had to tell his guests that he couldn’t provide them with the Internet. Others living in Matsu, one of Taiwan’s outlying islands closest to neighboring China, have struggled to pay electricity bills, make a doctor’s appointment, or receive a package. To … Read more