Finland to Cut Cable Lines Carrying Up to 70% of Russia’s Foreign Web Traffic

https://united24media.com/world/finland-to-cut-cable-lines-carrying-up-to-70-of-russias-foreign-web-traffic-21204

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OhmsLawn@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 26d (1 reply)

It's a bit of a sensational title for the content.

To offset the loss of infrastructure, Russian telecom providers have opened negotiations with private Finnish telecommunication firms to establish alternative routing options and prevent disruptions to cross-border data flows.

So, this isn't really a refusal to allow web traffic. It's the Finnish grid operator ending a contract that no longer makes financial sense.

IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz · 29 pts · 26d

It’s the Finnish grid operator ending a contract that no longer makes financial sense.

More spesficially: They didn't renew the contract. Old agreement had expiration date and they just didn't negotiate a new one. So Fingrid didn't technically cut anything, they just shut down the connection when contract expired, as any other telco around the planet would've done.

GenosseFlosse@feddit.org · 10 pts · 26d

Will this lead to 70% less disinformation and social media bot traffic?

Waterpumpee@lemmus.org · 7 pts · 26d (1 reply)

crazy that the EU hasn't cut everything the day russia invaded

chahn.chris@piefed.social · 4 pts · 26d

They still need that sweet sweet gas

DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 26d

They probably have a switch , probably won't literally cut it.