(coverage appears in reverse chronological order)
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- NPR: Falun Gong, Steve Bannon And The Trump-Era Battle Over Internet Freedom
- Washington Post: Judge slaps down Trump appointee who has sought to reshape Voice of America and related agencies
- The Hill: Trump appointee sparks bipartisan furor for politicizing media agency
- Wired: Trump's Un-American Failure to Protect Internet Freedom
- NPR: Judge Finds U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Broke Law In Seizing Control Of Fund
- VOA: DC Court Rules in Dispute Over Open Technology Fund Board
- Techdirt: Court Says Trump Appointee Had No Authority To Fire Open Technology Fund Board; Says They Remain In Place
- NBC News: Democracy activists stranded after Trump admin pulls funding for anti-censorship tools
- Axios: Scoop: USAGM soliciting OTF partners as it withholds funds
- Washington Post: Trump’s continuing vandalism of the Voice of America
- VOA: Lawsuit Calls for Immediate Relief from USAGM CEO's Actions
- VOA: USAGM Officials Breached Firewall, Committee Chair Says
- Roll Call: U.S. Agency for Global Media unrecognizable under Trump ally
- Politico: Six whistleblowers allege misconduct by government media boss
- Washington Post: Head of government media agency flouts subpoena, angering Democrats and Republicans
- PBS News Hour: CEO of Voice of America’s parent agency defies subpoena despite bipartisan concerns
- Bloomberg: Trump Media Agency Chief to Defy Subpoena, Angering Republicans
- NPR: Voice Of America CEO In The Hot Seat: Democratic Lawmakers Bear Down On Pack
- VOA: House Committee Issues Subpoena for USAGM CEO
- NPR: At Voice of America, Trump Appointee Sought Political Influence Over Coverage
- Axios: Scoop: Open Technology Fund asks Inspector General to investigate
- NPR: Voice of America Journalists: New CEO Endangers Reporters, Harms U.S. Aims
- Columbia Journalism Review: Voice of America staff rebel over new CEO’s comments
- The Hill: House Foreign Affairs chair: US media agency chief 'has much to answer for'
- Axios: Scoop: Open Technology Fund sues administration for $20M in missing funds
- Axios: Accusations of hobbling internet freedom fund roil U.S. media agency
- NPR: Purge Of Senior Officials At Foreign Broadcast Agency Stirs Fear And Outrage
- Washington Post: Lawmakers warn new purge at U.S. Agency for Global Media undermines anti-censorship efforts
- Politico: U.S. global media agency demanded outlets return money for internet freedom projects
- Politico: Disputed government tech fund chief linked to multilevel marketing companies
- VOA: Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Press USAGM to Release $20M for Censorship-Evading Tech
- Los Angeles Times: Op-Ed: Trump has pulled out of the global battle for hearts and minds
- VOA: US Global Internet Freedom Group Says Work Limited by Funding Dispute
- Washington Post: Bipartisan congressional leaders urge Trump administration to release funds to U.S. Internet freedom organization
- Washington Post: Trump administration withholds $20 million, crippling international Internet freedom effort, officials say
- Washington Post: U.S. Internet freedom group alleges harassment by Trump administration continues despite thwarted takeover
- South China Morning Post: Donald Trump’s new head of US global media purges news outlets’ leaders, raising alarms
- Houston Chronicle: Trump administration puts the U.S., world’s journalism and reporters at risk
- Arab News: US court blocks government media chief from replacing board of tech fund
- Washington Blade: Tech experts fear new US broadcasting chief could jeopardize LGBTQ Internet freedom
- VOA: US Court Blocks Government Media Chief from Replacing Technology Fund Board
- Washington Post: Appeals court blocks Trump administration takeover of organization fighting digital censorship and surveillance
- Techdirt: Court Tells Trumpian Head Of US Agency For Global Media That He Can't Fire People From The Open Tech Fund (At Least For Now)
- Politico: Appeals court blocks Trump appointee’s takeover of web nonprofit
- Multichannel News: Court Blocks Pack Replacement of OTF Leadership
- Bloomberg: Trump Media Agency Chief Blocked in Court Over Mass Firings
- Politico: Encryption software for dissidents could be collateral damage of budget fight
- NBC News: China tries to push U.S. tech companies around in Hong Kong. Here's how to push back.
- VOA: US-Backed 'Backbone of Internet Freedom' Entity Faces Possible Disruption
- CSIS: Turmoil at U.S. Agency for Global Media Undermines Information Policy for North Korea
- CBS News: U.S. global media chief plows ahead with changes
- ABC News: Trump's broadcasting agency chief not extending visas for foreign journalists amid sweeping changes
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Protect the Open Technology Fund
- VICE: The Trump Administration Is Attacking Critical Internet Privacy Tools
- Axios: New acting head named at Open Technology Fund after purge
- New York Times: New Trump Appointee Puts Global Internet Freedom at Risk, Critics Say
- Reuters: Firings at U.S. non-profit spark concern among digital rights activists
- VICE: Inside the Plot to Kill the Open Technology Fund
- AP: Trump allies take aim at his global media chief for firings
- Law & Crime: After Mass Firings, GOP Senators Threaten to Cut Funding if Trump Appointee Politicizes USAGM’s News Broadcasts
- Axios: Senators' letter on USAGM purge promises funding review
- CNBC: Senators to review federal media agency funding after CEO Michael Pack purges staff
- CyberScoop: Internet freedom activists are concerned a Trump appointee could threaten pro-democracy work abroad
- Slate: Free the Open Technology Fund
- TIME: Trump Administration Freezes Funds Intended to Benefit Hong Kong Protesters
- Technical.ly: Digital rights advocates are calling for the protection of the Open Technology Fund
- FCW: Wyden disparages purge at Open Technology Fund
- Vox: The head of US broadcasting is leaning toward pro-Trump propaganda. Biden would fire him.
- CNBC: Advisor to federal media CEO nominee had no clear experience with agency
- NPR: Citing A Breached 'Firewall,' Media Leaders Sue U.S. Official Over Firings
- The Economist: Decapitating America's state-funded media
- Reuters: House committee calls Trump broadcasting chief to testify
- The Verge: After OTF takeover, Trump appointee faces pressure from lawmakers and courts
- Fox News: Trump-appointed head of media agency sued over firings at anti-censorship organization
- New York Times: Lawsuit Argues Dismissal of Government-Funded Media Employees Was Unlawful
- CNBC: New directors at federal media agency have ties to anti-LGBT groups, fought pro-transgender policies
- Axios China: 1 big thing: A push for Falun Gong-backed internet tools
- The Verge: A new Trump appointee has put internet freedom projects in crisis mode
- CNBC: Sen. Bob Menendez calls for State Department inspector general to investigate federal media CEO Michael Pack
- Motherboard: CEO of Open Technology Fund Resigns After Closed-Source Lobbying Effort
- CNN: 'Wednesday night massacre' as Trump appointee takes over at global media agency
- New York Times: V.O.A. Directors Resign After Bannon Ally Takes Charge of U.S. Media Agency
- Breitbart: Trump Global Media Chief Faces GOP Backlash Over Firings
- Newsweek: Dictators are Besieging Internet Freedom—and Trump Just Opened the Gates
- Washington Post: After departure of Voice of America editors, new Trump-appointed overseer fires heads of four sister organizations
- ZDNet: 400 organizations sign open letter to save Open Technology Fund
- The Atlantic: The Voice of America Will Sound Like Trump
- CBS News: Trump administration purges news execs from U.S. agency meant to counter disinformation, leaving staff fearing more to come
- NPR: Trump's New Foreign Broadcasting CEO Fires News Chiefs, Raising Fears Of Meddling
- MSNBC: Trump stacks US media agency with loyalists led by Bannon acolyte
- New York Times: New Conservative Media Chief Dismisses Heads of U.S.-Funded News Outlets
- CNBC: Federal media chief Michael Pack installs Trump loyalists to leadership posts, memo says
- VOA News: Democratic Lawmakers ‘Outraged’ at New USAGM Chief’s Dismissals
- TechDirt: Trump's Plan To Turn US Global Media Operations Into State-Sponsored Breitbart... Could Threaten The Open (And Encrypted) Internet
- Deutsche Welle: Trump-backed US global media agency chief under fire for purge
- CNN: Lawmakers demand answers on firing spree at global media agency
- Boston Globe: Trump appointee launches assault on Voice of America, affiliates
- CNN: Inside the mass firings at the U.S. Agency for Global Media
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