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by pvnick 4725 days ago
Look interesting, but I'm not quite sure how this has to do with "propaganda disruption." Could somebody please enlighten me?
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Misleading title. It's a solicitation for entries to a contest (the Open Technology Fund) that awards money to disruptive technology projects for advancing Internet freedom and human rights.

The contest is being administered by an organization (Radio Free Asia) that has been criticized as propagandistic in its charter to provide information to people in Asia who lack adequate protections for freedom of expression, free speech, and a free press. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Asia#Criticism

The contest has in the past provided funding to projects like Cryptocat; see a list here: https://opentechfund.org/projects