Trump eliminating the USAGM cut the budget of the Open Technology Fund, launched in 2012 to let 24M+ people living under repressive regimes access the internet
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post :
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...
USAGM CEO Michael Pack, who oversaw the Open Technology Fund, has resigned at the request of the Biden administration
Dan De Luce / NBC News :
Two bills Congress has approved would limit the powers of USAGM's Michael Pack, including giving the Open Technology Fund more time to defend its budget
Jessica Jerreat / Voice of America : See also Mediagazer
Documents: Michael Pack, CEO of USAGM, is seeking to cut funding for its nonprofit Open Technology Fund, limiting internet access in tightly controlled places
Pranshu Verma / New York Times : Tweets: @zacharykeck , @digiphile , @ewong , @deborahamos , @moisesnaim , @donmoyn , @tmclaughlin3 , and @frankpallone Tweets: Zachary Keck / @zacharykeck : Michael P...
Sources: the Open Technology Fund is suing the US Agency for Global Media, helmed by a new Trump-appointed CEO, for withholding $20M in Congressional funds
Sara Fischer / Axios : Tweets: @sarafischer Tweets: Sara Fischer / @sarafischer : The past 2 CFO's of the @USAGMgov both left the agency (one fired, one quit) in the past week after they were asked t...
Officials say the Trump admin is withholding $20M approved by Congress for the Open Technology Fund, forcing the fund to halt 49 of 60 internet freedom projects
The Trump administration is withholding $20 million in funding approved by Congress for a U.S. Internet freedom organization … Tweets: @hsu_spencer and @evacide Tweets: Spencer Hsu / @hsu_spencer : NE...
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...