Posted on 03/16/2024 4:47:06 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Going further than the Treasury Department's tacit support for debanking alleged "hate groups" after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, a State Department component that "strengthen[s] resilient democratic societies" developed a more sweeping plan for financially choking off disfavored narratives a month later.
The U.S. Agency for International Development wrote a "Disinformation Primer" that appears to have been started in "late 2020," judging by a reference to the most up-to-date "social media initiatives" by Facebook and Twitter "to address disinformation and misinformation."
It was still being written at least 10 days into the Biden administration, referring twice to the Jan. 31, 2021 Myanmar military coup, which the primer says "underlined issues of internet freedom and disinformation."
State turned over the 88-page document, dated February 2021 and marked "internal use only," as part of a 102-page production in response to Freedom of Information Act litigation by America First Legal.
The primer was "conceived and developed by Joshua Machleder and Shannon Maguire at USAID, together with" the University of Chicago organization formerly known as the National Opinion Research Center, the introduction says.
It thanks dozens of individuals at universities and government institutions including the National Endowment for Democracy and U.S. Institute for Peace "for sharing their time, opinions, and expertise," and current and former USAID staff for "opinions and feedback."
USAID didn't respond to requests for comment on its view of the primer now.
(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...
“...we can see how well truth, justice and the American way are surviving today.”
Big Mike to the rescue...?
Is disinformation even a word? There is the commonly used ‘misinformation’. Did they just make up ‘disinformation’?
Does anyone know what the definition of disinformation is ????
Is it derived from the slang word ‘dissed’ ???
dissed is slang for disrespected.
I was SURE that Mark Twain said....
...but NOW I find out that he didn’t say ‘dis’, but ‘un’.
And THEN I find out he didn’t say it at all!!
What a way to start my day.
Liars ...
Nice catch... as soon as I saw University of Chicago I could detect sulphur.
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