"The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) announced last week that it is joining defense contractors Palantir and Anduril Technologies, as well as the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, as founding members of the US State Department's newly created "Freedom Tech Excellence Program," an initiative to advance "digital freedom and freedom of expression globally." By a show of hands how many think that this is a good move by the BPI? Is this going to advance freedom and reduce financial surveillance?

The Rage

Is The State Department Really Building "Freedom Tech"?

It appears that depends on whose freedom you're talking about.