HR 4784 · 111th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

Internet Freedom Act of 2010

Introduced 2010-03-09· Sponsored by Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]· House

Bill Progress

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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.(2010-03-09)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Internet Freedom Act of 2010 - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the Internet Freedom Foundation to: (1) award grants, agreements, or contracts to develop deployable technologies to defeat Internet suppression and censorship; and (2) award incentives to organizations that successfully develop such technologies. Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should: (1) denounce governments and private entities that restrict, censor, ban, and block access to information on the Internet; and (2) support the deployment, at the earliest practicable date, of technologies aimed at defeating state-directed and state-sponsored Internet suppression and the persecution by governments and private entities of individuals who use the Internet.…

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