Global Digital Threat Lab
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: July 14, 2026
Close date: August 13, 2026
Opportunity ID: 363173
Opportunity number: DFOP0019364
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor
Agency code: DOS-DRL
Award floor: $2,960,039
Award ceiling: $2,960,039
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Other
Eligible Applicants
- Others
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- category_of_funding_activity:other
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
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- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
Freedom of expression online faces threats globally from authoritarian governments employing sophisticated technology to restrict speech, control the flow of information, and chill dissenting voices. These challenges infringe on privacy; access to information; and the exercise of freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, association, and religion or belief online. The misuse of commercial spyware is increasingly deployed by authoritarian governments and other digital threat actors to suppress dissent and restrict freedom of expression and privacy. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now facilitating cyberattacks, lowering the barrier of entry for threat actors and improving their efficiency and effectiveness.