Justice Department opposes Google, Facebook cable link to Hong Kong
▻https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/justice-department-hong-kong-google-facebook-cable-326688
Officials warn that if allowed to proceed, an underseas cable project could expose Americans’ data to China’s government. A key group of Trump administration officials now formally opposes an effort involving Google and Facebook to activate an underwater cable network connecting the United States to Hong Kong. In a new filing staking out opposition to that Hong Kong link, executive branch officials raised concerns it would expose global data flows to the eyes of China’s communist government. (...)