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Internal documents obtained by America First Legal from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have revealed a disturbing initiative to promote widespread censorship practices across various sectors, aimed at suppressing independent perspectives and alternative narratives. Among the tactics included in the report, the agency advocates for “Advertiser Outreach” to cut “financial report” for those who don’t toe the government’s line.
The Foundation For Freedom Online reports that a recently uncovered “Disinformation Primer” authored by USAID’s Center on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) has exposed the agency’s overt endorsement of private sector censorship strategies and proposed additional censorship practices and techniques. The 97-page document, obtained through litigation against the U.S. Department of State by the public interest law firm America First Legal (AFL), lays bare USAID’s concerted efforts to influence technology companies, media organizations, education ministries, national governments, and funding bodies to adopt censorship measures.
One of the most alarming proposals outlined in the primer is the “Advertiser Outreach” strategy, which explicitly encourages corporate advertisers to financially throttle disfavored media sources and social media accounts. USAID argues that “cutting this financial support found in the ad-tech space would obstruct disinformation actors from spreading messaging online.” This tactic, which has been widely employed by the censorship industry, directly undermines the financial sustainability of independent and alternative media outlets.
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Our lawsuit against Biden’s State Department just unearthed USAID’s “Disinformation Primer,” revealing evidence of the government’s plot to promote censorship initiatives.Critical analysis from @FFO_Freedom @MikeBenzCyber @AllumBokhari: https://t.co/EyB1UVZvBU
— America First Legal (@America1stLegal) March 14, 2024
One of the primer’s concerning proposals is the “Advertiser Outreach” strategy, which explicitly urges corporate advertisers to reduce financial support to unfavorable media sources and social media accounts. USAID contends that curtailing this financial backing in the ad-tech sector would impede disinformation actors from disseminating messages online.
This approach, frequently employed by the censorship sector, undermines the economic sustainability of independent and alternative media platforms.
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