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US cuts funding to F-Droid, Tor Browser, Let's Encrypt and Tails Linux (videos.abnormalbeings.space)

submitted 2 weeks ago by AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Until Trump ignores court orders and cuts funding anyway.

Supreme Court will probably rule that while congress has the power of the purse, the president has the power of canceling the credit cards in the wallet, because fuck you that's why

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

Well, this is what the relevant part of the video says:

USAGM disbursed $7.5M to these entities, in "what seemed to be an effort to delay the hearing or woo the judge". Regardless, the latter has sided against USAGM, and just a few days ago, the agency has decided to back off and release the funds for the 2025 fiscal year.