"The US State Department is building a web portal, where Europeans and anyone else can see online content banned by their governments, according to . It was supposed to be launched at Munich Security Conference last month, but some state department officials reportedly voiced their concerns about the project. The portal will be hosted on freedom.gov, which currently just shows the image above. "Freedom is Coming," the homepage reads. "Information is power. Reclaim your human right to free expression. Get Ready.""
"Reuters says officials discussed making a virtual private network function available on the portal and making visitors' traffic appear as if they were from the US, so they could see anything unavailable to them. While it's a state department project, The Guardian has traced the domain to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is a component of the US Department of Homeland Security. Homeland also serves as the administrator for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)."
""If the Trump administration is alleging that they're gonna be bypassing content bans, what they're gonna be helping users access in Europe is essentially hate speech, pornography, and child sexual abuse material," Nina Jankowicz, who served as the executive director of Homeland Security's Disinformation Governance Board, told The Guardian. The board was very short-lived and was disbanded a few months after it was formed, following com"
The US State Department is building a web portal to enable Europeans and others to view online content banned by their governments. The portal will be hosted on freedom.gov and was slated for a Munich Security Conference launch before internal concerns delayed it. Officials reportedly discussed adding a VPN-like function to route visitor traffic through the US to access blocked material. The domain has been traced to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the Department of Homeland Security. Critics warn the portal could expose users to hate speech, illegal content, and strain US-European relations.
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