Google-Facebook ditch plans to dock giant data cable in Hong Kong

By 2020-08-31Science & Tech

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image captionThe original plan had been to land the data cable in Hong Kong

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Plans for an underwater data cable between Los Angeles and Hong Kong have been dropped after the US government expressed fears that China could steal data from it.

Facebook and Google are among the US tech firms involved in the Pacific Light Cable Network project.

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New plans submitted to the US communication authority mention links with the Philippines and Taiwan only.

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