Posted on 02/13/2023 7:28:53 AM PST by caww
The Department of State has funded a deep-pocketed "disinformation" tracking group that is secretly blacklisting and trying to defund conservative media, likely costing the news organizations vital advertising dollars, the Washington Examiner can confirm.
The Global Disinformation Index, a British organization with two affiliated U.S. nonprofit groups, is feeding blacklists to ad companies with the intent of defunding and shutting down websites peddling alleged "disinformation," the Washington Examiner reported . This same "disinformation" group has received $330,000 from two State Department-backed entities linked to the highest levels of government, raising concerns from First Amendment lawyers and members of Congress.
"Any outfit like that engaged in censorship shouldn't have any contact with the government because they're tainted by association with a group that is doing something fundamentally against American values," Jeffrey Clark, ex-acting head of the Justice Department's Civil Division, told the Washington Examiner. "The government or any private entity shouldn't be involved with this entity that's engaged in conduct that is either legally questionable or at least morally questionable."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
All those Musk fired and the social media giants let go have applied to Silicon Valley. You can bet they haven’t just gone away.
Wouln’t be surprise in th last if thsy aren’t central operations.
What you get when the Governmnt has become the largest employer in America!!
We are wrong to expect the Governent to “care”.
Look first at your committee members.
I am a Committee member. 😉
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