Officials say USAGM CEO Michael Pack and others pushed to subsidize software built by Falun Gong adherents, diverting OTF money from other tech for dissidents
David Folkenflik / NPR : Tweets: @opentechfund , @skestenbaum , @normornstein , and @davidfolkenflik Tweets: @opentechfund : “Of all the disruptions unleashed by the Trump White House on how the fede...
DC court has ruled that the replacement of OTF's board of directors by USAGM CEO Michael Pack was unauthorized and any action taken by the new board is invalid
Jessica Jerreat / Voice of America :
The EFF and 17 other advocacy organizations urge US court to rule that Trump's appointee to the OTF violated the law by ousting OTF's president and the board
Electronic Frontier Foundation : Tweets: @eff Tweets: @eff : In a democracy, the state can't take over private organizations and replace their boards with political appointees. That's what the admini...
The EFF and 17 other advocacy organizations urge US court to rule that Trump's appointee to the OTF violated the law by ousting OTF's president and the board
Government Attempts Takeover of Private, Independent Nonprofit Protecting Internet Freedom — San Francisco—The Electronic … Tweets: @eff Tweets: @eff : In a democracy, the state can't take over priv...
OTF staff worry about losing trust globally as the new CEO of their parent agency is pressed to divert funds from open-source to obscure, closed-source tech
David Gilbert / VICE :
Open Technology Fund, the US digital speech advocate that funded Signal, faces turmoil after the abrupt firing of entire leadership team and resignation of CEO
'There are so many countries and individuals who need this support right now,' says former OTF president