We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.
“President Donald Trump’s weekend shutdown of the US Agency for Global Media has among its casualties a small — but influential — fund that helps internet users worldwide combat censorship from oppressive regimes. The Open Technology Fund, which gets $40 million a year from Congress, has contributed to technologies like the encrypted messaging app Signal, the anonymous browser Tor and an open-source tool built by Psiphon Inc. that helped more than a million Cubans circumvent a social media blackout in 2021…’The immediate consequence is that if this holds, over 45 million people will lose access to trusted and secure VPNs,’ said OTF President Laura Cunningham.” —N
Tags:
censorship,
Donald Trump,
encryption,
Open Technology Fund,
press freedom,
Signal,
Tor,
US Agency for Global Media,
Voice of America
