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State Department’s Freedom Tech Excellence Program pairs digital-freedom agenda with private-sector embeds — but leaves key governance details undisclosed
The newly announced Freedom Tech Excellence Program will place private-sector experts from the Bitcoin Policy Institute, Palantir and Anduril inside the U.S. State Department to work on encryption, anti-surveillance and AI governance — a move that raises questions about partner selection, oversight and budgetary transparency.
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