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Disinformation Governance Board
The Disinformation Governance Board is a United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) board announced on April 27, 2022 during a 2023 budget hearing before the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. Its aim is protecting national security by combating foreign misinformation and disinformation. Specific problem areas mentioned include false information propagated by human smugglers encouraging migrants to surge to the Mexico–United States border, as well as Russian-state disinformation on election interference and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Disinformation Governance Board was announced by the DHS on April 27, 2022, but had begun operating two months prior. The DHS made the decision to form the board in 2021 after conducting research which recommended forming a group to "review questions of privacy and civil liberty for online content". White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that the board is the "continuation of work that began in the DHS in 2020 under former President Trump".
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has previously addressed the spread of what they referred to as "mis-, dis-, and malinformation".
After the board was formed, Nina Jankowicz was named executive director. She was previously a fellow at the Wilson Center, advised the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry as part of the Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship, oversaw Russia and Belarus programs at the National Democratic Institute, and wrote the book How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict.[5][6][7] Robert P. Silvers and Jennifer Daskal were also named to hold leadership positions on the board.
Alejandro Mayorkas, the Secretary of Homeland Security, stated that the board would have no operational authority or capability but would collect best practices for dissemination to DHS organizations already tasked with defending against disinformation threats, and asserted the board would not monitor American citizens. John Cohen, the former acting head of the intelligence branch of the DHS, said that the board would study policy questions, best practices, and academic research of disinformation, and then submit guidance to the DHS secretary on how different DHS agencies should conduct analysis of online content.
On May 2, 2022, the DHS released a statement which said that the board would monitor disinformation spread by "foreign states such as Russia, China, and Iran" and "transnational criminal organizations and human smuggling organizations", and disinformation spread during natural disasters (listing as an example misinformation spread about the safety of drinking water during Hurricane Sandy). The DHS added that "The Department is deeply committed to doing all of its work in a way that protects Americans' freedom of speech, civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy."
Republican lawmakers and pundits criticized the board after its formation, with some calling for it to be disbanded. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) opined that "Homeland Security has decided to make policing Americans' speech its top priority". Some critics, including Florida governor Ron DeSantis and former Democratic representative for Hawaii Tulsi Gabbard, likened the board to the Ministry of Truth, a fictional governmental department in George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984.
Jankowicz's appointment to the board was criticized by Republicans, including for her past support of Democrats and her skepticism of the provenance of Hunter Biden's laptop; Jankowicz had previously said that "we should view [the laptop] as a Trump campaign product". The Washington Examiner levied criticism against Jankowicz due to her praise of Christopher Steele (author of the Steele dossier, which the Examiner deemed "discredited") for his views on disinformation during an August 2020 podcast.
Writing for National Review, Jim Geraghty noted the board's potential to dispel information disseminated by human smugglers on the southern border, as well as monitoring messages from terrorist and extremist groups, but objected to Jankowicz's appointment. In a press conference, Jen Psaki defended Jankowicz's appointment to the board, stating that Jankowicz is "an expert on online disinformation... this is a person with extensive qualifications".
DHS secretary Alejandro Mayorkas later acknowledged his department could have done a better job of communicating the purpose of the new board, but asserted the Republican criticisms were "precisely the opposite" of what it would do. He stated that the board would have no operational authority nor capability and would not monitor American citizens.Comment
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T-90M Proryv-3 : " Armata Switcher" | Latest Russian Tank
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... I am sure every country that operates a fleet of tanks are closely watching the Ukraine War for clues as to how to make their own tanks less vulnerable to attack.Comment
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... US intel does not provide Ukraine information about military movements inside of Russia.Comment
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The world's most premature baby has celebrated his first birthday after beating 0% odds of surviving - CNNComment
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Note, 3 of them are Communist Nations and Canada is a Communist leaning nation.Comment
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Saying something over and over does not make it true Slimjim.
If you want to see a communist leaning jurisdiction, look a little closer to home. Florida comes to mindComment
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Clarence Thomas Speaks Out On Draft Leak, Says Court Can’t ‘Be Bullied’ | The Daily Wire
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According to some journalists Canada has been a Communist country for about a year now. https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05...hands-1078598/
And Trudeau's Communist tendencies more recently. Trudeau's Tiananmen Square: Is Canada Undergoing A Communist Revolution?
Do you mean Florida Democrats like bsm2?If you want to see a communist leaning jurisdiction, look a little closer to home. Florida comes to mindComment
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