Biden Blasted for Policing Free Speech with "Dystopian" Disinformation Governance Bureau

[Turd Fergusen]

President Biden came under fire Thursday for the creation of a “dystopian” disinformation bureau created under his Homeland Security department, which critics are blasting as just a way for the government to police free speech online.

Conservatives slammed the Department of Homeland Security’s Orwellian new “Disinformation Governance Board” – with some suggesting the timing is convenient given Elon Musk vowed to make Twitter a free speech haven after his $44 billion takeover of the social media platform notorious for selectively censoring right-leaning points of view.

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley called the new board a “disgrace” that was designed to “monitor all Americans’ speech.”

In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Hawley said he initially thought Wednesday’s announcement was “satire.”

“Surely, no American administration would ever use the power of government to sit in judgement on the First Amendment speech of its own citizens. Sadly, I was mistaken,” Hawley wrote.

“Rather than protecting our border or the American homeland, you have chosen to make policing Americans’ speech your priority.”


Florida Republican Congressional candidate, Dr. Willie J. Montague, tweeted: “Is there anything more dystopian than a Disinformation Governance Board run by the federal government?”

And Texas GOP Congressman Troy Nehls griped: “They didn’t need a ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ until @elonmusk threatened their control over the narrative.”

Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert accused Democrats of spending “the last weeks planting the seeds for the back-up plan in case the Twitter deal actually happened.”

She, too, called the news “dystopian” and said the left “can’t afford to let the truth be anything but what they say.”

The hashtag “Ministry of Truth” was also trending on Twitter as critics compared the new board to George Orwell’s “1984” novel.

“Adolf Hitler had a Ministry of Truth. Joseph Goebbels had a Ministry of Truth. Joseph Stalin had a Ministry of Truth. Joseph Biden has a Ministry of Truth,” tweeted Errol Webber, GOP congressional candidate in California.

Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde added: “Biden’s dystopian Disinformation Governance Board is seriously dangerous and wholly unconstitutional. I’m demanding Congress investigate DHS’ Ministry of Truth — NOW.”

The newly formed panel will target supposed misinformation aimed at key points of vulnerability for Biden and Democrats such as southern border migrants, as well as monitor and prepare for Russian disinformation threats as this year’s midterm elections near, the DHS said.

“The spread of disinformation can affect border security, Americans’ safety during disasters, and public trust in our democratic institutions,” the department said in a statement.

DHS said that the board will “protect privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties” as part of its duties./Quote]

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Biden blasted for policing free speech with ‘dystopian’ disinformation bureau

Some are suggesting the timing is convenient given Elon Musk vowed to make Twitter a free-speech haven after his $44 billion takeover.

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[thuumpr]

So if Biden says it, it's true?

When you hear dystopian, think science fiction.

It's very possible that Biden is right (in the fricken universe he came from).

 

[Metalfan]

Fuck you!

 

[Turd Fergusen]

Elon Musk slams Biden's 'discomforting' 'Disinformation Governance Board' on Twitter comparing it to the Nazi regime: GOP demands it's 'dissolved' as its 'head' DEFENDS linking Hunter's laptop to Russia​

Elon Musk called on Thursday the creation of Joe Biden's new 'disinformation' board 'discomforting' as the president tapped a Russia misinformation 'expert' to lead the initiative.

The billionaire, who just acquired Twitter this week, was responding to a tweet from conservative political commentator, comedian and media personality Steven Crowder.

'The government is creating a misinformation governance board,' Crowder tweeted on Thursday.

Elon Musk slams Biden's 'Disinformation Board' as 'discomforting'

Elon Musk called on Thursday the creation of Joe Biden's new 'disinformation' board 'discomforting' as the president tapped a Russia misinformation 'expert' to lead the initiative.

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[Sugar Cookie]

The Department of Homeland Security paused its new disinformation governance board Wednesday and its board's director will resign, following weeks of criticism from Republicans and questions about whether the board would impinge on free speech rights.

While the board was not formally shuttered, it will be reviewed by members of a DHS advisory council that's expected to make recommendations in 75 days. Nina Jankowicz, picked to lead the board, wrote in her resignation letter that the board's future was "uncertain," according to her letter, obtained by The Associated Press.

Federal and state agencies treat disinformation as a national security threat. But the new board was hampered from the start by questions about its purpose and an uneven rollout that further confused its mission. The phrase "Ministry of Truth" — a reference to George Orwell's "1984" — has repeatedly trended online in discussions about the board.

DHS officials have described the board as an internal working group intended to study definitions of disinformation across the department. They have not explained why they chose Jankowicz, who is not a lawyer and had a well-known public profile.

Supporters of Jankowicz have accused the department of not doing enough to protect her from trolls and online attacks.
"It is deeply disappointing that mischaracterizations of the board became a distraction from the Department's vital work, and indeed, along with recent events globally and nationally, embodies why it is necessary," Jankowicz wrote in her resignation letter.

Russia has tried to influence the last two presidential elections by boosting false stories and using social media to inflame divisions in American society on issues like race and the coronavirus pandemic. It has continued to spread false and misleading narratives about its invasion of Ukraine. U.S. intelligence officials have also accused China and Iran of peddling disinformation to Americans.

Experts on disinformation warned the controversy around the board could hurt existing efforts to identify and stop the spread of false narratives about elections and hot-button issues in American society. DHS has several ongoing programs to counter disinformation, including the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's efforts to debunk claims of election fraud.

DHS pauses disinformation board; director will resign

The Department of Homeland Security has paused its new disinformation board criticized by Republicans, and the board's director will resign.

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[Totemic]

Well that lasted about as long as I expected.

 

[knockout]

Brandon says he doesn’t know what he’s doing, but he’s doing all the right things

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The now-former head of the Biden administration’s abortive disinformation board said in an interview Wednesday that she received death threats almost every day during her three weeks on the job.

Nina Jankowicz made the claim to MSNBC “All In” host Chris Hayes hours after she announced her resignation following the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to “pause” the Disinformation Governance Board.

“I have maybe had one or two days I didn’t report a violent threat,” she said. “Something like, ‘We’re coming for you and your family,’ ‘You and your family should be sent to Russia to be killed,’ [they] encouraged me to commit suicide.”

The board was criticized almost from the moment of its creation last month by conservatives, libertarians and even some liberals, who compared it to the Ministry of Truth from George Orwell’s novel “1984.”

The criticism grew after it was revealed that Jankowicz herself had pushed the since-debunked claim in 2016 that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump had a tie to a Russian bank. The so-called “disinformation expert” also repeatedly tried to spread doubt about The Post’s verified reporting on Hunter Biden’s notorious laptop, telling the Associated Press in October 2020 that it should be viewed as “a Trump campaign product.”

More recently, Jankowicz shrugged off concerns about the teaching of critical race theory in schools — saying that “Republicans and other disinformers” had “seized on” the issue and were “weaponizing people’s emotion” — and suggested that “verified” Twitter users should be able to edit other users’ tweets if they believe they are misleading.

In her resignation statement, Jankowicz said she would “leave DHS to return to my work in the public sphere” and blasted what she called “mischaracterizations of the Board [that] became a distraction from the Department’s vital work.”

“To say that I am just a partisan actor was wildly out of context, and then beyond that, it wasn’t just these mischaracterizations of my work, but it was death threats against my family,” she told MSNBC. “That’s not something that is American, that is not how we should be acting when we have disagreements about policy in this country. I think we need to learn how to be adults in the room, and I don’t have time for that childishness.”

Ex-Disinformation Board chief Nina Jankowicz breaks silence, cites death threats

Nina Jankowicz made a far-fetched claim to MSNBC “All In” host Chris Hayes hours after she announced her resignation.

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[Totemic]

FTA: "and suggested that “verified” Twitter users should be able to edit other users’ tweets if they believe they are misleading."

Man, like Twitter isn't already a shit show of toxicity, this would definitely fall under the Ministry of Truth purvey

 

[Turd Fergusen]

Yeah so let's try putting Kamala in charge of this mess!

Kamala Harris leads latest Biden ‘disinformation’ team​

Another day, another White House “disinformation” task force.

The Biden administration on Thursday created a new internet policy task force — this one led by Vice President Kamala Harris — with goals including “developing programs and policies” to protect “political figures” and journalists from “disinformation,” “abuse” and “harassment.”

The action follows the Department of Homeland Security’s disastrous April rollout of its Disinformation Governance Board, which was paused after outrage over the perceived step toward government-led internet censorship.

A presidential memorandum establishing the new task force describes a sweeping mission to protect people who seek out a role in public life from online critics.

Big Sister II: Kamala Harris leads latest Biden ‘disinformation’ team

The Biden administration on Thursday created a new internet policy task force — this one led by Vice President Kamala Harris.

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