Is the 'open' internet important to us ? Why/not ?
Accusations of hobbling internet freedom fund roil U.S. media agency
Open Technology Fund sues administration for $20M in missing funds
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I think it creates a dangerous precedent to ban any media, but I can also understand why businesses (especially tech companies) are leary of China owned programs with the potential to spy. I don't have enough factual information to support a strong stance, but I am always against government censorship.
Dorkyndaft
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Aug 21, 2020
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. . . this has more-to-do with the likelihood Trump is not actually paying-out monies that Congress has appropriated.
@FearlessFly Gotcha. 
@Dorkyndaft . . . certainly can be considered government censorship as well . . .
"Why it matters: There's bipartisan uproar from Congress over the funding that OTF says is being withheld. The USAGM, whose new CEO is seeking to replace OTF leaders with Trump loyalists, is required by law to provide the funding via federal grants, but it has given shifting rationales for why the money has been held up."
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