H.R. 3605, called the Global Online Freedom Act, was approved by voice vote in the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights, chaired by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-4), and is now pending decision in the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Rep. Smith, a champion for human rights in China and a personal friend of Harry Wu, first introduced the bill in 2008. The Laogai Research Foundation has endorsed the bill with a letter, noting that all of its policies apply to China’s repressive stance on internet censorship. We hope that GOFA will pass the House of Representatives without obstruction - the freedom of ideas over the Internet is not contested by left or right.
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