‘One of the World’s Most Critical Digital Bottlenecks’: How the Iran War Could Threaten Global Internet Access
Source: TIME · Bias: Center Left
Summary
Iran has threatened to assert control over the subsea cables that run through the Strait of Hormuz.
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