U.S. efforts at promoting independent media and an open Internet...
U.S. efforts at promoting independent media and an open Internet overseas are having an impact but “face a lack of funding, growth in online censorship and surveillance and a rising attack on journalists,” said a report by Center for International…
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Media Assistance (http://xrl.us/bm5wja). Authoritarian governments are using Internet surveillance, censorship and attacks on those who publish online, the report said. Governments in more than 40 countries now “censor” the Internet, affecting a half-billion users, the report said. In response, the U.S. State Department and USAID spent about $76 million on Internet freedom initiatives from 2008 to 2011, it said.