Sec. 7. Promoting freedom of information and countering censorship and surveillance in North Korea
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There are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Agency for Global Media $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to provide increased broadcasting and grants for the following purposes: To promote the development of internet freedom tools, technologies, and new approaches, including both digital and non-digital means of information sharing related to North Korea. To explore public-private partnerships to counter North Korea’s repressive censorship and surveillance state.
To develop new means to protect the privacy and identity of individuals receiving media from the United States Agency for Global Media and other outside media outlets from within North Korea. To bolster existing programming from the United States Agency for Global Media by restoring the broadcasting capacity of damaged antennas caused by Typhoon Yutu in 2018. Section 104(a)(7)(B) of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 ( 22 U.S.C. 7814(a)(7)(B) ) is amended— in the matter preceding clause (i)— by striking 1 year after the date of the enactment of this paragraph and inserting September 30, 2022 ; and by striking Broadcasting Board of Governors and inserting Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media ; and in clause (i), by inserting after this section the following: and sections 4 and 7 of the .
Otto Warmbier Countering North Korean Censorship and Surveillance Act of 2021
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