Special Operations Group

^{The “Special Action Group” of the United States of America is a group that was formed and managed by the government authorities of this country under the pretext of protecting “global internet freedom”. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton explains more about this group in her speech on January 21, 2010.}

^{According to “Weblog News”, this group is jointly chaired by the US Deputy Secretary of State for Global Affairs and Democracy and the Deputy Minister for Economy and Trade.}

^{Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State of the United States, says about this group and the macro policy of the United States in cyberspace: Internet freedom is an essential part of US foreign policy and is more important than freedom of information. America is in favor of the existence of a single internet in which everyone has a single access to ideas and knowledge.}

^{In this context, Clinton stated that blogs, electronic messages, social networks and text messages are opening a new field in a virtual city, and the responsibility of America in supporting this new city square is not a new thing.}

^{In his speech, the US foreign minister, while referring to the existence of a “special action group” in cyberspace, continues: This group monitors Internet freedom in countries and reports on its situation in its annual reports on human rights in countries, explains the quality of freedom of expression in each country, responds to these issues in multilateral meetings to defend Internet freedom and expand access. To the Internet supports Internet freedom through financial and technical support in developing countries.}

^{According to the report of the US Congressional Research Center, Clinton proposes several initiatives in order to advance the goals of the US government, which include:}

^{۱٫ The continuation of the activity of the “Special Action Group” in the world, in parallel with its efforts to monitor the state of Internet freedom in more than 40 countries in order to help people circumvent censorship.}

^{۲٫ Cooperation with non-governmental organizations, academics and industries in order to create a sustainable effort to advance the power of communication technologies that can strengthen the leverage of traditional American diplomacy.}

^{۳٫ Cooperation with American media companies in order to play an active role in challenging foreign governments in the field of monitoring (filtering).}

^{۴٫ Support for voluntary work in the field of communication activities and global network plan guided by the private sector}

^{It should be noted that the American Congress allocated a budget of 15 million dollars in this field in the fiscal year of 2008, and another 5 million dollars was added to this figure in the fiscal year of 2009. Also, in his speech on January 21, 2010, Clinton spoke of allocating another 15 million dollars from the special budgets of the Department of State to implement a range of programs that fully or partially support the freedom of the Internet.}

^{In the meantime, Michael Panser, US Assistant Secretary of State for Labor, Human Rights and Democracy, says in describing these programs: These programs are not only for bypassing internet filtering. Rather, most of these programs focus on educating people, providing technology services, and encouraging at-risk groups.}

^{Also, the Board of Directors of the International Broadcasting Organization of America also supports anti-filter technologies (filter breakers) and allocates about 2 million dollars a year to help Internet users in developing countries to enable them to “Voice of America” programs. (VOA) and other American government and non-government websites have access.}

^{Meanwhile, keywords such as “freedom”, “human rights” and “democracy”, which are generally used for developing countries, are a well-known issue for political analysts, and an excuse for the US government’s interference in the internal affairs of other countries and the advancement of goals. This government is considered. mostajar}