Introduced the Advancing Digital Freedom Act of 2024 to give the U.S. State Department new authorities to make digital freedom a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy and to counter authoritarian misuse of technology against human rights.

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Derived from a tracked promise: “Introduced the Advancing Digital Freedom Act of 2024 to give the U.S. State Department new authorities to make digital freedom a cornerstone…”

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Office of U.S. Senator Chris Coonshttps://www.coons.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senators-coons-tillis-introduce-legislation-to-promote-protection-of-international-digital-freedom ↗
“As a global leader of human rights, the United States must deter authoritarian and illiberal states that are using advanced technologies to threaten human rights alongside our own national security.”