nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 1TXN|||Falun Gong, Steve Bannon And The Trump-Era Battle Over Internet Freedom||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The Trump administration and a liberal activist fought to win millions in federal funds for anti-censorship software tied to the Falun Gong. That saga is now at the center of a criminal investigation.

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Falun Gong, Steve Bannon And The Trump-Era Battle Over Internet Freedom







Falun Gong supporters marched from Capitol Hill to the Washington Monument in July 2015 in Washington, D.C.



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Falun Gong, Steve Bannon And The Trump-Era Battle Over Internet Freedom



The Trump administration and a liberal activist fought to win millions in federal funds for anti-censorship software tied to the Falun Gong. That saga is now at the center of a criminal investigation.