{"id":22027,"date":"2026-02-19T08:37:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/us-funding-for-global-internet-freedom-effectively-gutted\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T08:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:37:45","slug":"us-funding-for-global-internet-freedom-effectively-gutted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/us-funding-for-global-internet-freedom-effectively-gutted\/","title":{"rendered":"US funding for global internet freedom \u2018effectively gutted\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Programme that funds groups building tech to evade oppressive government controls under serious threat<\/p>\n

For nearly two decades, the US quietly funded a global effort to keep the internet from splintering into fiefdoms run by authoritarian governments. Now that money is seriously threatened and a large part of it is already gone, putting into jeopardy internet freedoms around the world.<\/p>\n

Managed by the US state department and the US Agency for Global Media, the programme \u2013 broadly called Internet Freedom \u2013 funds small groups all over the world, from Iran to China to the Philippines, who built grassroots technologies to evade internet controls imposed by governments. It has dispensed well over $500m (\u00a3370m) in the past decade, according to an analysis by the Guardian, including $94m<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n

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\nProgramme that funds groups building tech to evade oppressive government controls under serious threat
\nFor nearly two decades, the US quietly funded a global effort to keep the internet from splintering into fiefdoms run by authoritarian governments. Now that money is seriously threatened and a large part of it is already gone, putting into jeopardy internet freedoms around the world.
\nManaged by the US state department and the US Agency for Global Media, the programme \u2013 broadly called Internet Freedom \u2013 funds small groups all over the world, from Iran to China to the Philippines, who built grassroots technologies to evade internet controls imposed by governments. It has dispensed well over $500m (\u00a3370m) in the past decade, according to an analysis by the Guardian, including $94m in 2024. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Programme that funds groups building tech to evade oppressive government controls under serious threat For nearly two decades, the US quietly funded a global effort to keep the internet from splintering into fiefdoms run by authoritarian governments. Now that money is seriously threatened and a large part of it is already gone, putting into jeopardy …<\/p>\n

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