; and (B) should be considered a restriction of trade and creating an unfair competitive advantage benefitting State-owned or controlled news and media organizations. (b) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States— (1) to advocate for detained and targeted journalists and media personnel in foreign countries, including citizen journalists and bloggers; (2) to call on foreign governments, in both bilateral discussions and through multilateral organizations, to end restrictions on the internationally-recognized right to freedom of expression and to abide by international commitments stipulated in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; (3) to urge foreign governments to transparently investigate and bring to justice the perpetrators of attacks against journalists and media personnel; (4) to halt efforts to censor or block access to news from United States journalists and media personnel and the websites of United States news and media organizations; (5) to highlight threats to freedom of the press in the Department of State’s Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, as required under section 116(d)(12) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)(12) ), and other public statements by senior Department of State officials; (6) to seek as part of bilateral diplomatic negotiations globally conditions for a free flow of news and information, internet freedom, and an end to visas restrictions for United States journalists and media personnel; (7) to link expansion of the free flow of news and information with ongoing and future trade agreements, and other bilateral agreements and communiques, by seeking language eliminating any and all limitations on market access for news agency services and the elimination of any restrictions on cross-border data flows involving journalists and media personnel, including via the internet