Re: US spent USD 25 [million] on internet freedom in Middle East in 2012

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

Oh, irony of ironies...

- ferg


On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com> wrote:

> http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2227525&language=en
>
> The US State Department confirmed late Thursday it spent USD 25
> million this year on internet freedom programming tools for activists
> in the Middle East and elsewhere.
>
> In the past four years, the United States has spent USD 76 million on
> training and tools for activists to allow them to remain online and
> "safely exercise their freedoms of expression, and assembly on the
> Internet and via other communication technologies," according to a
> statement released by the State department.
>
> In the Middle East, the US-sponsored programming tools focusing on
> aiding hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protesters from shut
> down by their respective governments by allowing them "unfettered
> Internet access" and through mobile security software that allows for
> posting directly from the phone to online.
>
> Noting that countering increasingly active internet surveillance and
> censorship efforts aimed at suppressing individuals' exercise of their
> human rights requires a diverse portfolio of tools and training, the
> State Department said it grants support more advanced technologies,
> including in Farsi and Arabic.
>
> To date, the US has also trained over 7,500 activists world wide
> including many from the Middle East in cyber-self defense and plans to
> expand its efforts in the Middle East and throughout the world.
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