22 U.S.C. § 8754 — Comprehensive strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to information in Iran

submitted 14 years ago by Pub. L. 112-158 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 337 words · no verdicts yet

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Within 90 days, the Secretary of State had to give Congress a strategy for helping Iranians access and share information freely online. The strategy covers 12 goals, from anti-censorship tools and secure communications to expanding Voice of America broadcasts and proxy servers.

Within 90 days of August 10, 2012, the Secretary of State, working with the Treasury Secretary and other agency heads as needed, had to give Congress a full strategy to: (1) help Iranians produce, access, and share information safely online, including in Farsi and regional languages; (2) support anti-censorship technology so Iranians can use the internet without government interference; (3) increase secure mobile and other communications for human rights and democracy activists; (4) fund digital safety training for media, academic, and civil society groups; (5) provide accurate internet content in local languages; (6) increase emergency resources for vulnerable human rights advocates; (7) expand surrogate radio, TV, livestream, and social media reaching into Iran, including (A) expanding Voice of America's Persian service and Radio Farda to broadcast breaking news around the clock, and (B) helping U.S. telecom and software companies get export licenses to expand these communications; (8) expand safe training for human rights, civil society, and democracy activists; (9) find ways to stop Iran from jamming international satellite broadcasts; (10) expand embassy and consulate outreach to Iranian dissidents worldwide; (11) expand access to proxy servers for democracy activists; and (12) discourage telecom and software companies from helping Iran censor the internet.

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Not later than 90 days after August 10, 2012, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive strategy to—

(1)

assist the people of Iran to produce, access, and share information freely and safely via the Internet, including in Farsi and regional languages;

(2)

support the development of counter-censorship technologies that enable the citizens of Iran to undertake Internet activities without interference from the Government of Iran;

(3)

increase the capabilities and availability of secure mobile and other communications through connective technology among human rights and democracy activists in Iran;

(4)

provide resources for digital safety training for media and academic and civil society organizations in Iran;

(5)

provide accurate and substantive Internet content in local languages in Iran;

(6)

increase emergency resources for the most vulnerable human rights advocates seeking to organize, share information, and support human rights in Iran;

(7)

expand surrogate radio, television, live stream, and social network communications inside Iran, including—

(A)

by expanding Voice of America’s Persian News Network and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Radio Farda to provide hourly live news update programming and breaking news coverage capability 24 hours a day and 7 days a week; and

(B)

by assisting telecommunications and software companies that are United States persons to comply with the export licensing requirements of the United States for the purpose of expanding such communications inside Iran;

(8)

expand activities to safely assist and train human rights, civil society, and democracy activists in Iran to operate effectively and securely;

(9)

identify and utilize all available resources to overcome attempts by the Government of Iran to jam or otherwise deny international satellite broadcasting signals;

(10)

expand worldwide United States embassy and consulate programming for and outreach to Iranian dissident communities;

(11)

expand access to proxy servers for democracy activists in Iran; and

(12)

discourage telecommunications and software companies from facilitating Internet censorship by the Government of Iran.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 112–158, title IV, § 414, Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1256.)

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2012Enacted · Pub. L. 112-158 · 126 Stat. 1256

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