The US government is launching a web portal allowing Europeans to bypass internet firewalls going up around the continent. The UK is leading the charge when it comes to egregious online censorship…
“Freedom.gov” will be the web address. It may include a Virtual Private Network service. Starmer is currently trying to ban them…
Reuters reports it was meant to go public at the Munich Security Conference but has been delayed. Internal legal disputes reportedly could further delay its launch. A State Department official insisted it would go ahead: “Digital freedom is a priority for the State Department… and that includes the proliferation of privacy and censorship-circumvention technologies like VPNs.” British citizens are once again faced with a bizarre situation in which the US government cares more for their right to free expression than their own…
Starmer was read out a list of his 13 U-turns on BBC Radio 2, to which he responded:
“Well, I am a common sense merchant.”