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<span style="font-size:16px">The </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-weight:bold">U.S. Agency for Global Media</span><span style="font-size:16px"> and the </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-weight:bold">National Democratic Institute</span><span style="font-size:16px"> invite you to join a robust discussion on </span>
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<div style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:48px;color:windowtext;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Forging a New Policy Framework</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">June 30, 2021 | 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">[Panel 3 of USAGM’s </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:italic">2021 Media for Democracy Forum</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">] </span>
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<div><span style="font-size:18px;color:windowtext;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Authoritarian controls on internet access have increased at an unprecedented pace in the past two years, particularly under claims of preventing disinformation during the coronavirus pandemic. As more governments seek to restrict information, democracies must evaluate the impacts of these controls and develop effective policy responses. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:18px;color:windowtext;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Our panelists will examine the scope of global internet restrictions, current strategies and technology being pursued to circumvent them, and the prospects of policy solutions to mitigate the threats to free expression and government accountability. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size:18px;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Eileen Donahoe</span><span style="font-size:18px;color:windowtext;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">, </span>
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<div><span style="font-size:18px;color:windowtext;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Executive Director, Global Digital Policy Incubator, Stanford University </span></div>
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