美国资助欧洲自由言论活动人士以对抗欧盟审查

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<p><strong>Washington is reportedly building a network of influencers to counter Brussels’ censorship machine</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>The US State Department will fund <em>&ldquo;MAGA-aligned think-tanks and charities&rdquo;</em> in Europe as Washington steps up its fight against censorship in the EU and UK, the Financial Times reported on Friday. <br /> <br />State Department official Sarah Rogers discussed the plan with members of Nigel Farage&rsquo;s Reform UK party during a visit to London last year, three anonymous sources told the newspaper. Rogers, a vocal critic of European <em>&ldquo;hate speech&rdquo;</em> legislation, is spearheading the operation and will focus on supporting MAGA-friendly organizations in London, Paris, Berlin, and Brussels, one source said. <br /> <br />Rogers has been in contact with <em>&ldquo;free speech&rdquo;</em> activists in the EU and UK, and is targeting the UK&rsquo;s Online Safety Act and the EU&rsquo;s Digital Services Act (DSA), they added. Republicans in Washington have accused Brussels of using the DSA to stifle free speech and censor American social media users. <br /> <br />The plan mirrors decades-long initiatives by the US to fund liberal political, media, and civil society organizations in Europe. Many of these initiatives were shut down when US President Donald Trump cut almost all funding for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) last year.</p>

            
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<p>A State Department spokesperson described the latest funding plan as <em>&ldquo;a transparent, lawful use of resources to advance US interests and values abroad.&rdquo;</em> However, the Financial Times noted that it is <em>&ldquo;likely to cause consternation&rdquo;</em> among center-left governments in Europe, who fear that the US may actively work to undermine their power. <br /> <br />The inverse of this scenario played out in 2024, when Britain&rsquo;s center-left Labour government sent activists to the US to campaign against Trump for then-Vice President Kamala Harris. <br /> <br />Trump&rsquo;s most senior officials have repeatedly criticized the EU and UK over censorship laws such as the Online Safety Act and DSA. Speaking at last year&rsquo;s Munich Security Conference, Vice President J.D. Vance warned that future US support for Europe would depend on whether governments actually uphold freedom of speech. <br /> <br />The Trump administration&rsquo;s national security strategy went further, warning that mass immigration, censorship, and single-minded commitment to funding the Ukraine conflict have left the continent at risk of <em>&ldquo;civilizational erasure.&rdquo;</em>&nbsp;<br /> <br />Accordingly, <em>&ldquo;cultivating resistance to Europe&rsquo;s current trajectory within European nations&rdquo;</em> is a key foreign policy goal of the Trump administration, it states.</p>

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  "translated_title": "美国资助欧洲自由言论活动人士以对抗欧盟审查",
  "theme": "US Politics",
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  "summary": "美国国务院计划资助欧洲的MAGA倾向智库和慈善机构，以对抗欧盟和英国的审查法律，此举可能引发欧洲中左翼政府担忧。",
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    "美国国务院将资助欧洲的MAGA倾向智库和慈善机构，以对抗欧盟和英国的审查。",
    "该计划由国务院官员Sarah Rogers主导，重点关注伦敦、巴黎、柏林和布鲁塞尔的MAGA友好组织。",
    "目标包括英国的《在线安全法》和欧盟的《数字服务法》（DSA），共和党人指责欧盟利用DSA压制言论自由。",
    "该计划类似于美国过去资助欧洲自由派组织的长期倡议，但特朗普去年削减了USAID的几乎所有资金。",
    "国务院发言人表示这是透明、合法的资源使用，以推进美国在海外的利益和价值观。",
    "特朗普政府的高级官员多次批评欧盟和英国的审查法律，并警告未来对欧洲的支持取决于言论自由是否得到维护。",
    "特朗普政府的国家安全战略将“在欧洲国家内培养对当前轨迹的抵抗”作为关键外交政策目标。"
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      "name": "事件报告日期",
      "value": "周五",
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      "direction": "unknown",
      "context": "《金融时报》在周五报道"
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    {
      "name": "Sarah Rogers访问伦敦时间",
      "value": "去年",
      "unit": "年",
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      "context": "去年访问伦敦时与改革英国党成员讨论计划"
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    {
      "name": "英国活动人士赴美时间",
      "value": "2024年",
      "unit": "年",
      "direction": "unknown",
      "context": "2024年英国中左翼工党政府派活动人士赴美反对特朗普"
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    "未提供具体资助金额或时间表。",
    "未明确说明该计划是否已正式启动或处于规划阶段。",
    "未提及欧洲政府的官方反应细节，仅基于《金融时报》的预测。",
    "未说明该计划与特朗普政府其他政策的具体关联程度。"
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