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<H2>EU internet freedom programme endangered by Commission muddle</H2>

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<P class=pull-left>By <A href="http://www.euractiv.com/authors/catherine-stupp/">Catherine Stupp</A> | <A href="http://www.euractiv.com/content_providers/euractiv-com/">EurActiv.com</A> </P>

<P class=pull-right>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.</P></DIV>

<P>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.</P>

<P>Five years later, the Commission looks ready to drop the programme...</P>

<P>more on: <A href="http://www.euractiv.com/section/development-policy/news/eu-internet-freedom-programme-endangered-by-commission-muddle/">http://www.euractiv.com/section/development-policy/news/eu-internet-freedom-programme-endangered-by-commission-muddle/</A></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>