State Department
4 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 27, 2020 by Susan Rice · across every show →
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Jan 27, 2020
May 4, 2026 negative
Rogers: Previous administration pressured Twitter and Meta to censor posts
“Under the prior administration included things like global engagement center censorship efforts that were the subject of the Murphy Supreme Court litigation, where the State Department Along with other organs of the executive branch would contact Twitter or Me…”
May 4, 2026 positive
Rogers: State Department shifts digital freedom policy toward VPNs and Community Notes
“Like, that was the kind of thing that was countenanced before that's not countenanced now, and we're much friendlier to initiatives like censorship circumvention VPNs and to initiatives like X's Community Notes that put that power in the hands of the users or …”
May 4, 2026 positive
Rogers: Digital Freedom Office will prioritize transparency and free expression
“In the State Department's reorganization, I acquired the Digital Freedom Office, which is basically, under my tenure, the opposite of that, so I'm pursuing transparency, truth, and reconciliation on prior censorship, and I am making freedom of expression, ah, …”