Bangladesh, March 21 -- Elon Musk has once again positioned himself as a vocal critic of government overreach and censorship, this time taking aim at the Global Engagement Center (GEC), a US State Department initiative established in 2016 under President Barack Obama. The program, which officially ceased operations in December 2024, allegedly collaborated with various organizations to suppress free speech under the pretext of combating foreign disinformation.

The controversy surrounding the GEC gained fresh momentum following a recent report published by the conservative advocacy group America First Legal (AFL) on March 20. The report revealed communications between the GEC, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Britis...