As Critics Rage, Pack Aims to Pierce China’s Info Firewall | RealClearPolitics
Human rights groups and Internet freedom advocates have tried to work with Congress and the USAGM for the last decade to increase support for the most effective circumvention tools, which are already providing some Internet access to millions of people in those repressive countries. But they complain that their efforts have failed as entities within USAGM have siphoned off funds for far smaller, Internet freedom research and development and incubator projects, along with conferences and forums abroad.
Pack, whose ground-breaking documentary on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas aired on PBS just weeks ago, is now leading these firewall-busting efforts for the U.S. government in his new role. The Trump administration is placing far greater priority on breaking through China s digital blockade amid rising concerns about China cracking down on Hong Kong protests, as well as Chinese government misinformation over the origins of the coronavirus.