Iran demands Big Tech pay fees for undersea Internet cables in Strait of Hormuz

Iran claims it will charge US tech companies fees for using undersea Internet cables that run beneath the contested Strait of Hormuz shipping lanes. The war has already halted multiple projects and led to the suspension of cable repairs in the region—and the latest Iranian threats may accelerate efforts by Big Tech and Gulf countries to find alternative routes for bypassing the Strait of Hormuz’s digital chokepoint. The latest assertions of Iranian authority over the Strait of Hormuz were announ