New Delhi: In a move that signals a sharp shift in the United States’ diplomatic approach to online expression, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign officials accused of censoring American citizens. The initiative, framed as a defence of constitutionally protected free speech, comes amid rising global tensions over content regulation and the power of US-based tech platforms.

The restrictions, which apply to “foreign officials and persons complicit in censoring Americans”, aim to penalise those who, according to Rubio, have taken “flagrant censorship actions” against US citizens, residents, and companies without legal authority to do so.

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