An internet watchdog that identified participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is preparing to cut staff. A media startup in Kosovo that hunts Russian disinformation has shuttered a weekly show amid a divisive political landscape. Privacy advocates are dialing back work in Iran that helps users in the Islamic Republic browse the web freely.
Around the world, nonprofits that target online extremism and authoritarian propaganda are slashing operations and laying off employees after a government cost-cutting push led by X owner Elon Musk with President Donald Trump ’s blessing halted vital US support, according to nearly a dozen people familiar with the moves.