Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sues Trump administration over canceled contract
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to try to block it from terminating all federal funds for the U.S.-backed broadcaster.

In a federal lawsuit, the network argues that the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has violated the Constitution and federal laws by withholding money Congress expressly allocated for the broadcaster. USAGM disburses funds to U.S.-backed international networks, including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, that serve foreign lands without a free or robust press.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Lake also terminated the contract of the Open Tech Fund, which helped develop the open source technology Signal and other secure messaging systems.

    I kind of like having Signal around.

    • dust_accelerator@discuss.tchncs.de
      2·
      6 days ago

      The real issue likely. Can’t vacuum up vast amounts of international messages to generate billions in revenue when you can’t read them (looking at you Meta and Google)

      I started donating a bit regularly, because I value them operating servers at the scale that my circle has a low barrier to entry, while I can still audit and even roll my own signal network (not that I have the time for that)