#us-funding-cuts

#us-funding-cuts

Managed by the US state department and the US Agency for Global Media, the programme broadly called Internet Freedom funds small groups all over the world, from Iran to China to the Philippines, who built grassroots technologies to evade internet controls imposed by governments. It has dispensed well over $500m (370m) in the past decade, according to an analysis by the Guardian, including $94m in 2024.

Instead of handing Trump $1 billion checks, governments should work together to protect the UN and other institutions established to uphold international human rights and humanitarian law, the global rule of law, and accountability, Charbonneau said. The annual dues UN member states must pay are set according to each country's gross domestic product (GDP), debt and other factors. The US accounts for 22 percent of the core budget, followed by China with 20 percent.