Oh, irony of ironies... - ferg
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2227525&language=en > > The US State Department confirmed late Thursday it spent USD 25 > million this year on internet freedom programming tools for activists > in the Middle East and elsewhere. > > In the past four years, the United States has spent USD 76 million on > training and tools for activists to allow them to remain online and > "safely exercise their freedoms of expression, and assembly on the > Internet and via other communication technologies," according to a > statement released by the State department. > > In the Middle East, the US-sponsored programming tools focusing on > aiding hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protesters from shut > down by their respective governments by allowing them "unfettered > Internet access" and through mobile security software that allows for > posting directly from the phone to online. > > Noting that countering increasingly active internet surveillance and > censorship efforts aimed at suppressing individuals' exercise of their > human rights requires a diverse portfolio of tools and training, the > State Department said it grants support more advanced technologies, > including in Farsi and Arabic. > > To date, the US has also trained over 7,500 activists world wide > including many from the Middle East in cyber-self defense and plans to > expand its efforts in the Middle East and throughout the world. > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson  fergdawgster(at)gmail.com _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
