“At the State Department, where I oversaw our human rights diplomacy, I often confronted dictatorships like China about their censorship of the Internet, which they justified by claiming they were merely filtering out lies. Our government cannot and should not take that path.”

American politician and former diplomat

Tom Malinowski is an American politician and former diplomat. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives for New Jersey’s 7th congressional district from 2019 to 2023 and was an Assistant Secretary of State in the Obama administration. A Democrat, he worked on democracy, human rights, and labor as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. His public career spans diplomacy and elected office, with a focus on international affairs and civil rights.