• Trending: Apple event on March 4: What to expect Hands-on with Google’s Pixel 10a Tesla drops ‘Autopilot’ upsell in California Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 is Feb. • 25 iPhone Fold: All the rumors so far The US State Department is building a web portal, where Europeans and anyone else can see online content banned by their governments, according toReuters. • It was supposed to be launched at Munich Security Conference last month, but some state department officials reportedly voiced their concerns about the project. • The portal will be hosted onfreedom.gov, which currently just shows the image above. • “Freedom is Coming,” the homepage reads. • “Information is power.
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- The U.S. State Department is developing a portal called freedom.gov that would let users outside the United States-including Europeans-access online content that is blocked in their home countries. The site, linked to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security, is intended to provide a virtual private network (VPN) service that masks visitors’ locations as U.S. addresses. While the project was slated for launch at the Munich Security Conference, officials have expressed concerns about its potential to expose users to hate speech, pornography, and other restricted material. The State Department denies that the portal is designed to bypass European censorship, citing a broader commitment to digital freedom and privacy tools.
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