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European Commission

Levelling up EU’s digital infrastructure.

We’re announcing today €142M in funding for 21 backbone cable projects, including submarine cables.

They will ensure:

🌐 Global connectivity: Strengthening EU’s global links. Submarine cables carry 98% of telecom traffic.
🔒 Enhanced security: Advanced systems to protect these cables.
💪 A resilient EU: €420M invested, with €542M more planned by 2027.

ℹ️ europa.eu/!gCMmCX

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A high-tech undersea cable lies on the ocean floor, depicted in shades of blue and green. The cable features a striped design and represents advanced infrastructure. The European Commission logo is visible in the bottom-right corner.
7 comments
Markus Sugarhill :breadpats:

@EUCommission how about strengthening the right to secure infrastructure and encrypted communication without lawful interception. looking at the us one can certainly see the inherent problems of weakening encryption.

thank you.

Markus Sugarhill :breadpats:

@EUCommission

#funfact: in the end, that probably wouldn't cost a dime. you just would have to say: delete as soon as possible. du not save anything that is not needed for your service to work. and fix all bugs you get to know and do not cvreate backdoors.

tsing. done. less work for everyone involved.

Shane Kerr

@EUCommission I don't read French, sorry if the text explains it. Is the EU going to be an owner of these cables then? Or is this funneling public funds to private corporations?

bovaz

@alan4444 @shane_kerr @EUCommission I see the "english" page in French as well, for some reason.

bovaz

@alan4444 @shane_kerr @EUCommission no, sorry. It's only some items are in French. The post links to a stream of news, rather than a specific news item.

Shane Kerr

@alan4444 @EUCommission

The article about the cable projects seems to only be in French. At least, I search for "142" and only found the article:

142 millions d'euros supplémentaires pour soutenir les réseaux sous-marins et les infrastructures de connectivité dans le cadre du mécanisme pour l'interconnexion en Europe (MIE)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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