internet freedom

Investing in internet freedom supports human rights, national security

Today, The Hill featured our op-ed, "Investing in internet freedom supports human rights, national security". The powerful message outlines the importance of US government support to help tear down the digital "Iron Curtain" of the 21st century.

"It is time for the BBG and the State Department to do their jobs and help to tear down these walls by funding the brave dissident innovators who have created the powerful technology tools that help their fellow dissidents struggling behind the digital curtains that mimic the “Iron Curtain” of another era. It is long past time for the excuses, delays, obfuscation and denials of the D.C. bureaucrats to come to an end." - Katrina Lantos Swett, Lantos Foundation President

Read the full op-ed here.