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 →

Everything said about State Department, oldest first

Jan 27, 2020
Assertion Supported
Rice became youngest Assistant Secretary of State at age 32
“I'd started the job having worked at the White House previously. I was 32 years old and not only the youngest person by far among the people who worked with me and under me but I was also the mother of a three-month-old breastfeeding son”
Susan Rice Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 2:19 The Career Changing Magic of Strategic Compartmentalization
May 4, 2026 negative
Assertion Partly supported
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…”
Sarah Rogers May 4, 2026 ▶ 2:03 Digital Freedom, AI Regulation, and the Fight for the Western Internet | The a16z Show
May 4, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
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 …”
Sarah Rogers May 4, 2026 ▶ 6:43 Digital Freedom, AI Regulation, and the Fight for the Western Internet | The a16z Show
May 4, 2026 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
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, …”
Sarah Rogers May 4, 2026 ▶ 2:43 Digital Freedom, AI Regulation, and the Fight for the Western Internet | The a16z Show
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