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Title: US Agency Votes To Launch Review, Update Undersea Telecommunications
Cable Rules

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/21/1882...

The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to propose new rules
governing undersea internet cables in the face of growing security concerns,
as part of a review of regulations on the links that handle nearly all the
world's online traffic. From a report: The FCC voted 5-0 on proposed updates
to address the national security concerns over the global network of more
than 400 subsea cables that handle more than 98% of international internet
traffic. [...] Baltic nations said this week they are investigating whether
the cutting of two fiber-optic undersea telecommunication cables in the
Baltic Sea was sabotage. Rosenworcel noted that in 2023 Taiwan accused two
Chinese vessels of cutting the only two cables that support internet access
on the Matsu Islands and Houthi attacks in the Red Sea may have been
responsible for the cutting of three cables providing internet service to
Europe and Asia.

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