Claim: Undersea fiber optic internet cables were cut near the south of France and near Scotland

Question

I read that:

"A major Internet cable in the South of France was severed yesterday at 20:30 UTC, impacting subsea cable connectivity to Europe, Asia, and the United States and causing data packet losses and increased website response latency.

This undersea cable cut comes as Scotland is also dealing with cuts to TWO undersea communications cables connecting the mainland to the Shetland Islands."

Answer 1

This appears to be true, though it can be noted that the two events are not necessarily related. We are aware of a major cable cut in the South of France that has impacted major subsea cables with connectivity to Asia, Europe, US, and potentially other parts of the world. Customers may see packet loss and or latency for websites and applications which traverse these impacted paths,” Additionally, an undersea “submarine cable” was recently cut off the coast of northern Scotland, which has now been blamed on a fishing vessel.

Not misinformation

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/world/europe/shetland-scotland-outage.html

https://www.brusselstimes.com/311704/fibre-optic-cable-sabotage-causes-global-internet-slowdown

Comments

This is a solid fact-check. You provided a clear explanation, two sources, and a rating. Nice work.