US EditionA new US government site could help users worldwide access blocked content
- Yesterday Reuters reported the U.S. State Department is developing a website at freedom.gov to help people in Europe and other regions access content blocked by their governments under Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers.
- Responding to European rules like the DSA, the State Department said the portal aims to expand digital freedom worldwide rather than target Europe, citing frustration with the EU's Digital Services Act.
- Developers plan to route traffic through U.S.-based VPN servers so user activity will not be tracked, and the landing page shows a Paul Revere animation and the slogan 'Freedom is Coming'.
- Despite reports of postponement, the State Department said it denied any delay and has no Europe-specific circumvention programme despite some officials raising legal concerns.
- Some officials say the move could worsen U.S.-EU regulatory and diplomatic frictions as Elon Musk's X faces scrutiny and the European Commission fines X $140 million under the DSA.
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On January 12, the United States registered the domain "freedom.gov" which, combined with a Vpn, would allow to consult the Web by circumventing the many limitations dictated by Brussels on politics, gender, Covid and immigration.The US Department of State prepares to meet the freedom of expression and information of us Europeans and the European Union is offended. On January 12, the US registered the domain "freedom.gov" which combined with a n…
Digital sovereignty clash: U.S. prepares portal to host content banned in Europe
The U.S. State Department is developing a portal, freedom.gov, to host online content removed under European speech laws like the EU’s Digital Services Act. The initiative is framed as a counter-censorship measure, potentially including a VPN to mask users’ locations and avoid tracking. The move signals a major policy clash between U.S. free speech principles […]
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