Re: <nettime> Pascal Zachary: Rules for the Digital Panopticon (IEEE)

[Bodà BalÃzs <bodo@mokk.bme.hu>]

billions is, indeed, an overstatement, but:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/09/06/the-feds-pays-for-60-percent-of-tors-development-can-users-trust-it/

the state dept had tens of millions spent every year on promoting "internet freedoms":

" From 2008 through 2011, the State Department and USAID have spent $76 million on Internet freedom programming."
http://diplopundit.net/2012/03/27/state-dept-anticipates-spending-25-million-on-internet-freedom-this-year/


http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-04-13/world/35230216_1_internet-freedom-freedom-funds-circumvention-technology

" The FY 2014 request includes $25 million for activities related to internet freedom through the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor ($18 million) and the Near East Regional Democracy program ($7 million) at the State Department.  Much of this investment is focused on supporting the development and spread of anti-censorship tools to activists."
http://www.freedomhouse.org/article/investing-freedom-democracy-support-us-budget


while the eu has also joined in:
http://internetfreedomfund.tumblr.com/post/13589482745/eu-frees-up-millions-for-human-rights-and-icts


cheers,


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