2025-02-28 18:43:18

Tech Titan Microsoft Partnered Extensively with USAID on Third World Internet Projects

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) became the most visible symbol of government waste and ideological partisanship after DOGE exposed the vast sums it spent around the world promoting a variety of leftist causes including online censorship. What is less well-known is the now-shuttered agency’s work with big tech companies, notably Microsoft. The post Tech Titan Microsoft Partnered Extensively with USAID on Third World Internet Projects appeared first on Breitbart.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/02/28/tech-titan-microsoft-partnered-extensively-with-usaid-on-third-world-internet-projects/

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