WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) - When Mr Michael Pack, a conservative filmmaker and ally of Mr Stephen Bannon, recently fired the heads of four US government-funded news outlets, many became alarmed that he would turn the independently operated organisations, as well as the Voice of America, into 'Trump TV.'. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - When Mr Michael Pack, a conservative filmmaker and ally of Mr Stephen Bannon, recently fired the heads of four United States government-funded news outlets, many became alarmed that he would turn the independently operated organisations, as well as the Voice of America, into"Trump TV".
The move was a victory for a lobbying effort backed by religious freedom advocates displeased with the fund's work and who are often allied with conservative political figures. Their thinking is that if enough Chinese citizens have this software to bypass the Great Firewall of government censorship, the citizens will see news about repression by the Communist Party.
Both Democrats and Republicans are worried. Leading Republican senators, Mr Marco Rubio of Florida and Mr Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, wrote to Mr Pack in a letter last Wednesday with five other senators expressing their"deep concern" about his staff cuts, saying the moves raised"serious questions about the future of the US Agency for Global Media" under his leadership.
One of the bedrock principles of the Open Technology Fund is to support open-source technology. Creating and funding tools that are open source means a worldwide collective of programmers can examine the products to ensure they are safe and secure for people in repressed societies to use, cybersecurity experts say.
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