US Boosts Exports of Internet Services to "Closed Societies"

896 views · Published 10 March 2010 · 2:40 · Indexed 7 October 2026

Channel: Voice of America · 2010 · News & Politics

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The U.S. Treasury Department has announced it will issue licenses to companies that export instant messaging and other personal Internet services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba.  The move follows comments made earlier this year by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that Internet freedom is now a fundamental principle of American foreign policy.  VOA's Laurel Bowman has more.

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