[FoME] EU internet freedom programme endangered by Commission muddle

[Sofie Jannusch]

 EU internet freedom programme endangered by Commission muddle
By Catherine Stupp
( http://www.euractiv.com/authors/catherine-stupp/)  | EurActiv.com
( http://www.euractiv.com/content_providers/euractiv-com/)  
EXCLUSIVE / The European Commission appears to have shelved a landmark
programme that gave out aid money to help human rights workers,
protestors and journalists access the internet.

The ‘No Disconnect’ strategy was started in 2011 to support protestors
in the so-called Twitter revolutions of the Arab Spring after the
Egyptian and Tunisian governments censored and clamped down on internet
users.
Five years later, the Commission looks ready to drop the programme...
more on:
http://www.euractiv.com/section/development-policy/news/eu-internet-freedom-programme-endangered-by-commission-muddle/
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