US Plans To Launch Online Portal To Provide Access To Blocked Content, Countering Foreign Censorship: Report - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG)

The U.S. State Department is reportedly developing an online portal to provide access to content banned by European and other governments.The portal aims to bypass censorship by granting access to restricted content, including purported hate speech and terrorist propaganda. The site, set to launch at “freedom.gov,” is led by Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers, Reuters reported on Thursday.Officials had explored adding a virtual private network (VPN) feature to make users' traffic appear as if ...