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US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

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Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

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Post by Waterluvian »

schoen wrote: post #38

I just chaired a session at the FOCI conference earlier today, where people were talking about Internet censorship circumvention technologies and how to prevent governments from blocking them. I'd like to remind everyone that the U.S. government has been one the largest funders of that research for decades. Some of it is under USAGM (formerly BBG, the parent of RFE/RL) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agen…

It’s a clear way to project soft power: make sure your message and culture can get through.

Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

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Post by ortusdux »

general1465 wrote: post #26
astro1138 wrote: post #18

Is that going to accelerate copyright violations for AI training? https://cuiiliste.de/domains contains just a lot of piracy sites.

It is like ultimate throwing stones in a glass house. Americans are dependent on other countries following IP and copyright protections and yet they will go great lengths to undermine it because it is short term beneficial for their companies.

The quest for quarterly returns will be our downfall.

Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

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Post by throw-the-towel »

idiotsecant wrote: post #34
throw-the-towel wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ironically, this effectively is a pro-Trump comment because it's the Trump administration that defunded US propaganda outlets.

No, the Trump administration is an enormous supporter of propaganda outlets, just not the ones that already existed. They don't care about maintaining the rules based world order. Their propaganda is much more inward-focused.

You're probably right, I was speaking as someone from outside the States, and hence more familiar with the outside-focused US outlets.

Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

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Post by mrighele »

sgnelson wrote: post #5

Why? Seriously, why do we care so much about this? Do we not have better uses of our money. Also the irony considering recent moves by the US government in terms of control of the internet and free speech.

Historically the US did care a lot, in a way it reminds me of the Crusade for Freedom [1] and Radio Free Europe [2].

So I find this in line with the behavior of many American administration, the weird thing being that this time the target is not the just usual suspects (China, Iran, etc.) but also European allies.

(not saying this is a good thing btw, just trying to put it in perspective)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade_for_Freedom

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Europe/Radio_Libert...

Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

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Post by Animats »

general1465 wrote: post #35
walthamstow wrote: post #22

So it'll have porn?

I wonder if American citizens from states which requires age verification to access porn (25 US states today) will be fine with it or these states will start demanding ID to access freedom.gov. It would be delicious irony.

Right. Porn will probably be most of the traffic. The number of people in Europe who really want to access US neo-Nazi sites is probably not large.

Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

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Post by iugtmkbdfil834 »

reisse wrote: post #27

Fun hypothetical question - will it be restricted to users in sanctioned locations (where it's most needed) because of, well, sanctions?

Amusingly, there typically are various exceptions made for those. All technical and whatnot, but for example, Iran is heavily sanctioned, but has all sorts of exceptions for stuff like that precisely because of the impact it can have.
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