🚨 Lawmakers are pressing Big Tech. U.S. House members want answers from $AMZN, $MSFT , $GOOGL & $META CEOs about safeguards on submarine cables amid China & Russia threats
U.S. House Lawmakers Ask Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, And Amazon CEOs To Explain Measures To Protect Undersea Cables From Chinese And Russian Threats. 🏛️🌊
US House lawmakers ask Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta and Amazon CEOs to answer if they have adequate safeguards to address concerns about China. Russia targeting submarine cables - letter. $AMZN $GOOGL $META $MSFT
U.S. House lawmakers have sent a formal letter to the chief executives of Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta Platforms and Amazon asking them to detail what safeguards the companies have in place to protect undersea data cables from potential interference or attacks by China and Russia. The legislators also want the companies to disclose whether Chinese state-linked entities—including Huawei Marine, China Telecom and China Unicom—are involved in maintaining or servicing any submarine cable systems in which the U.S. firms hold ownership stakes.