Ministry of Truth

2022 - 4 - 29

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Ron DeSantis calls Biden's 'Disinformation' board a 'Ministry of Truth' (Daily Mail)

'You cannot have a Ministry of Truth in this country. We're not going to let Biden get away with this one. So we will be fighting back,' the Republican said ...

Last year, CP3 awarded about $20 million in grants through its Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program. It is unclear how much cash will be spent on the Disinformation Board. 'I confess I at first thought this announcement was satire,' he continued. We’re not going to let Biden get away with this one. So we will be fighting back,' Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Friday at a news conference Mayorkas noted that the focus of the new board would be to stop the spread of misinformation in minority communities, including election misinformation ahead of the 2022 midterms. So we will be fighting back,' the Republican said on Friday at a news conference. They’re laundering disinfo and we really should take note. We’re not going to let Biden get away with this one. Or you can try to silence your critics. The head of the Biden administration's new 'Disinformation Governance Board' Nina Jankowicz sings about 'misinformation' to the tune of Mary Poppins song 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' DeSantis led the uptick in fury as Republican Senator Tom Cotton said he would introduce legislation to have the new 'Disinformation' board defunded and a new video showed its head Nina Jankowicz singing about 'misinformation' to the tune of the Mary Poppins song 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.' 'When you’re not doing well, you have two options: You can try to do better.

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The uproar over Homeland Security's Disinformation Governance ... (The Washington Post)

The announcement of the Homeland Security Department initiative has sparked backlash on the right — though we don't know much about what the board would do.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the new board would be “a continuation of the work of the former president” when asked about it Friday.) But Jordan’s contention that she said the “Hunter Biden laptop story was false” oversimplifies both the verification of the information and her argument — as she said in response to critics Wednesday. Now that I've got it: a HUGE focus of our work, and indeed, one of the key reasons the Board was established, is to maintain the Dept's committment to protecting free speech, privacy, civil rights, & civil liberties. Somewhat similarly, the name “Disinformation Governance Board” does sound a bit ominous; it sounds less like an effort to combat disinformation than to, well, govern it. “Congressman, the Disinformation Board addresses disinformation that imperils the safety and security of our homeland,” Mayorkas said. But the stated purpose of the effort was quite different from how it was cast by its opponents. And as The Post’s Philip Bump noted, even the computer repairman who handed over the laptop has said that certain claims about what’s on it don’t reflect what he initially saw. And since at least 2014, the U.S. has been bedeviled by the perception in some Central American countries that the United States is offering “permisos” for children who cross the border illegally — a rumor that picked up steam after President Obama announced he would not deport children who had come into the country illegally with their parents. Amid growing anti-censorship fervor on the right, a bevy of Republicans have suggested that the initiative amounts to policing speech. Mayorkas indicated its mandate was narrower than that: focusing on threats to the homeland. In a separate hearing, he mentioned it briefly as part of efforts to combat Russian misinformation. “Our focus should be on bad actors like Russia and China, not our own citizens.”

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vows to fight Biden's 'Ministry of Truth' (New York Post)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed to fight back against the Biden administration's "Ministry of Truth," insisting it cannot exist in the United States.

They want to be able to be an advocate for school closures … but then when you speak out they want to stifle dissent.” “But we’re not going to let Biden get away with this one, so we will be fighting back.” “They want to be able to put out false narratives without people being able to speak out and fight back,” DeSantis said.

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Gov. DeSantis declares war on what he deems Joe Biden's 'Ministry ... (Florida Politics)

'This is not acceptable, and in Florida we're not going to have it.' In Williston Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis took aim at the Joe Biden administration's effort to ...

“We reject this bureau in the state of Florida,” DeSantis added. “They want to be able to say things like ‘Russian collusion’ and perpetuate hoaxes and have people like us be silenced.” “We’re not going to let Biden get away with this one.

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McCarthy calls on Biden to scrap disinformation board: 'Orwellian ... (Fox News)

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy joined a throng of conservatives that have called on President Biden to reverse his administration's plan to establish ...

"They’re creating a Disinformation Board. No, really. "I'm not sure who opposes that effort." "The libs spent the last weeks planting the seeds for the back-up plan in case the Twitter deal actually happened," Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert tweeted.

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WATCH: Psaki says new 'Ministry of Truth' director is an 'expert in ... (The Post Millennial)

"Any hiring decisions are up to the Department of Homeland Security, but this is a person with extensive qualifications," Psaki said.

The board will focus on countering misinformation related to homeland security. Speaking to executive director of the board Nina Jankowicz’s previous experiences, Psaki said "she's an expert on online disinformation. "Any hiring decisions are up to the Department of Homeland Security, but this is a person with extensive qualifications," Psaki added.

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Joe Biden's Disinformation Board Likened to Orwell's 'Ministry of Truth' (Newsweek)

Conservative politicians and commentators are criticizing the Biden administration for creating a new bureau to fight the spread of disinformation online.

Biden tapped disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz to head the Disinformation Governance Board, and her appointment has also stirred controversy. "To provide this protection, the Board will coordinate the Department's internal activities related to disinformation that poses a threat to homeland security." "The Federal Government has no business creating a Ministry of Truth," Cotton wrote. Critics say the bureau is another example of the government trying to police free speech on the internet. Several of these critics have compared it unfavorably to the Ministry of Truth, a fictional department in George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984. During a Thursday press briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki acknowledged the board's existence and noted that President Joe Biden supported it.

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Republicans fear new DHS 'disinformation' panel will be 'Ministry of ... (Washington Examiner)

Republicans are framing a new Disinformation Governance Board within the Biden administration as a threat to censor conservative speech.

This effort seems like another good step by the government to do its part,“ said Harbath. Liberals say disinformation, meaning false information spread deliberately and covertly, is a threat to democracy. The conception of disinformation has become a controversial and polarizing matter. "It can only be assumed that the sole purpose of this new Disinformation Governance Board will be to marshal the power of the federal government to censor conservative and dissenting speech," Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri said in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday. "This is dangerous and un-American." “I'm gonna go out on a limb here and gently suggest that having a Disinformation Governance Board operating out of the Department of Homeland Security is not exactly a reassuring thought,” said Shadi Hamid, a senior fellow of foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, a left of center think tank. The board will be led by Nina Jankowicz, a former disinformation fellow at the Wilson Center and adviser to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, who has a history of controversial and misleading statements.

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Tulsi Gabbard Compares Biden Admin to Dictatorship Over 'Ministry ... (Newsweek)

The former presidential candidate slammed the creation of a new bureau to monitor online disinformation.

Gabbard is not the first person to draw a parallel between the disinformation board and dictators. Number one, it will use taxpayer dollars to work through the mainstream media and flood the airwaves with whatever their propaganda narrative is that they're pushing at at any given time, and try to drown out anyone with alternate views. Gabbard continued, "Now they've created this body that will do two things. Numerous conservative politicians and commentators have slammed the Disinformation Governance Board, claiming it will allow the federal government to police free speech on the internet. Since her failed bid as a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, Gabbard has increasingly distanced herself from the Democratic Party with divisive stances. During a Thursday press briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki acknowledged the board's existence and noted that President Joe Biden supported it.

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