{"id":145874,"date":"2026-02-09T23:16:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145874"},"modified":"2026-02-09T23:16:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:16:05","slug":"us-to-fund-free-speech-initiatives-in-europe-state-department-saysunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145874","title":{"rendered":"US to fund free speech initiatives in Europe, State Department saysUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe Trump administration will \u200cfund efforts to promote free speech within Western countries allied with Washington, a senior State Department official said \u200don Monday during a visit to Europe focused on pushing back against European regulations that US officials have branded censorship.<br \/>\nUS officials have forcefully opposed online rules such as the EU\u2019s Digital Services Act and Britain\u2019s Online Safety Act, which Washington says stifle free speech, and in particular criticism of immigration&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3342981\/us-fund-free-speech-initiatives-europe-state-department-says?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe Trump administration will \u200cfund efforts to promote free speech within Western countries allied with Washington, a senior State Department official&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145874"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}