Sec. 6. 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. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the following 4 years, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media, shall submit to Congress a report that describes the activities carried out using amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection
(a)during the year preceding submission of the report.