Democrat Regime’s Disinformation Governance Board Sought to Censor Opposing Views on Racial Justice, the Afghan Withdrawal and Other Political Subjects

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The Defunct Disinformation Governance Board Sought to Censor Opposing Views on Racial Justice, the Afghan Withdrawal and Other Political Subjects

By: Jonathan Turley, September 24, 2023:

We previously discussed the defunct Disinformation Governance Board and its controversial head Nina Jankowicz. After the outcry over the program, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas finally relented and disbanded the board while insisting that it was never about censoring opposing views. Jankowicz has sued over the portrayal of her views. Now, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) has exposed just how broad the scope of the censorship efforts were under the board in combatting “misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation (MDM). This range of authority in what the agency called the “MDM space,” included targeting views on racial justice and the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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New documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests show that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) argued that the agency could regulate speech related to “the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, racial justice, U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the nature of U.S. support to Ukraine” as well as “irregular immigration.”Those subjects stretch across much of the “space” used for political speech in the last few years.

Notably, within DHS, Jen Easterly, who heads the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, extended her agency’s mandate over critical infrastructure to include “our cognitive infrastructure.” The resulting censorship efforts included combating “malinformation” – described as information “based on fact, but used out of context to mislead, harm, or manipulate.” I testified earlier on this effort.

So DHS asserted the authority to target viewpoints on racial justice, Ukraine, and other political subjects, including views based on fact but viewed as misleading in context.

What is also troubling is the continued effort to conceal these censorship activities. Homeland redacted much of this information on a now defunct board under FOIA Exemption 7(E), which protects “techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations.” That claim is itself chilling.

After the demise of the board, National Public Radio ran an interview entitled “How DHS’s disinformation board fell victim to misinformation.”

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WhiteySupreme

7 months ago

Loser unintelligent control freaks stifling creativity.

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WhiteySupreme

7 months ago

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Waa waa waa…. Get a REAL job soul sucking parasites.

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Bob V

7 months ago

I once would read the paper and watch the nightly news, but this was long, long ago. Now, I only believe my eyes and ears, as I am sure I live in an illegitimate banana republic run by deviant reprobates. The fourth estate is the most disgusting of all the traitors in America.

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7 months ago

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Nike

7 months ago

This is a U.S. rigged government at war against its own people. Nothing more or less and These High Treasonous compromised foreign bastards need to be exposed to the maximum and held accountable for their high treasonous acts and crimes against humanity

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Drifter

7 months ago

Our biggest enemies are right here, and we are paying them.

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Adam Selene

7 months ago

The last I heard, the First Amendment right of free speech hasn’t been discarded or repealed.

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