American Internet Freedom Caucus launched, legislation introduced
Posted in: Governance at 11/03/2010 00:23
Reps. Christopher Smith, R-N.J., and David Wu, D-Ore., Tuesday announced the launch of a bipartisan Global Internet Freedom Caucus to promote online free expression. At the same event, Wu announced he was introducing legislation aimed at providing groups and individuals with the tools to bypass efforts by some countries to block or censor the Internet.
Wu's bill would require the National Science Foundation to establish an Internet Freedom Foundation. It would provide competitive grants and awards to universities, private industry and other research and development organizations to develop technologies to defeat Internet suppression and censorship measures, such as China's Green Dam Internet filtering system.
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