{"id":153117,"date":"2024-05-03T21:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-worlds-largest-sub-sea-cable-could-boost-internet-resilience-for-billions-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T21:00:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:00:14","slug":"how-worlds-largest-sub-sea-cable-could-boost-internet-resilience-for-billions-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-worlds-largest-sub-sea-cable-could-boost-internet-resilience-for-billions-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How \u2018world\u2019s largest\u2019 sub-sea cable could boost internet resilience for billions | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/TTgyir04n60\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How \u2018world\u2019s largest\u2019 sub-sea cable could boost internet resilience for billions | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TTgyir04n60\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A ship is preparing to set sail from France to lay the next section of the largest ever sub-sea internet cable.<\/p>\n<p>The 2Africa cable is an incredible 45,000 km long and stretches around the entire continent.<\/p>\n<p>But even as the world celebrates ambitious projects like getting more people online, internet freedom is on the decline around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A ship is preparing to set sail from France to lay the next section of the largest ever sub-sea internet cable. 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