Critical undersea internet cables severed amid fears of Russian sabotage (www.telegraph.co.uk)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 18 Nov 22:21
https://lemmy.world/post/22180861

Summary

A critical underwater internet cable linking Finland to Germany was severed in the Baltic Sea, sparking fears of Russian sabotage.

The incident occurred near the Swedish island of Gotland and is believed to have been caused by human activity, possibly a trawler or ship anchor.

Finland is on high alert due to its recent NATO membership and previous incidents involving Russian sabotage and Chinese vessel damage to energy and communications lines.

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not_that_guy05@lemmy.world on 18 Nov 22:55 next collapse

Honestly we should just ban Russia from the world web. Cut all cables to them and let them be.

OpenStars@piefed.social on 18 Nov 23:14 next collapse

Just to be clear, this cable is "linking Finland to Germany". Or rather, *was*.

not_that_guy05@lemmy.world on 18 Nov 23:17 collapse

Was. And no I’m just talking in general. I know it’s impossible but could be fun doing the reverse uno on them.

OpenStars@piefed.social on 18 Nov 23:21 collapse

Probably our newest overlords including the Musk will make more money if we don't do that so... I'll give you one guess what'll happen, and hint, it has nothing at all to do with whatever would have been the right thing to do in that situation.

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org on 19 Nov 04:58 collapse

I’m not really seeing the upside there. You’re basically doing censorship for them. It would mess up their economy, but there’s lots of other things that could be cut off first, if you controlled the entire Russian border somehow.

jagged_circle@feddit.nl on 19 Nov 03:32 next collapse

Last time you blamed Russia it didn’t work to well. You lost credibility

KingOfNoobs@lemmy.world on 19 Nov 05:30 collapse

How so?

kibiz0r@midwest.social on 19 Nov 03:45 collapse

Russia one week ago: “The US and UK are about to sabotage underwater internet cables”

Today: “See? We were right!”

wax@feddit.nu on 19 Nov 07:56 next collapse

Not saying they didn’t do it this time. But they didn’t blow up the Nordstream. Hopefully we get some more information in time.

Doesn’t really affect my view of Russia anyway

SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world on 19 Nov 14:50 collapse

Same playbook as Republicans: every accusation is a confession.