We were elated to have won it all. It is leveling Africa. It threatens Asia and Latin America. China may not like it. But you can use the high seas for any purpose you wish.
Territorial seas are different.
That is not considered a so-called innocent passage. But on the high seas, ships can do whatever they want. There are some hoaxes that cause direct harm, but even the ones that are more benign still teach us bad habits of thought and logic. They set us up for bigger hoaxes down the line. Hardly a day seems to go by without national news coverage of yet another shooting.