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  • 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
  • Washington Post: 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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