Are you saying Russian disinformation shouldn't be countered?A literal "Ministry of 'Truth'". They are not even trying to hide it anymore.
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The Department of Homeland Security has launched a new panel to tackle disinformation.
By Associated Press
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April 28, 2022, at 7:57 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security is stepping up an effort to counter disinformation coming from Russia as well as misleading information that human smugglers circulate to target migrants hoping to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border.
“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 Wednesday. It declined The Associated Press' request for an interview.
A newly formed Disinformation Governance Board announced Wednesday will immediately begin focusing on misinformation aimed at migrants, a problem that has helped to fuel sudden surges at the U.S. southern border in recent years. Human smugglers often spread misinformation around border policies to drum up business."
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The new board also will monitor and prepare for Russian disinformation threats as this year's midterm elections near and the Kremlin continues an aggressive disinformation campaign around the war in Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly waged misinformation campaigns aimed at U.S. audiences to further divisions around election time and spread conspiracy theories around U.S. COVID-19 vaccines. Most recently, Russian state media outlets, social media accounts and officials have used the internet to call photographs, reporting and videos of dead bodies and bombed buildings in Ukraine fake.
The board will be led by disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz, who has researched Russian misinformation tactics and online harassment.
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Biden, a Democrat, repeatedly said he would push tech companies, including Facebook, to crack down harder on misinformation and conspiracy theories that have overwhelmed social media and its users.
Dozens of Republican lawmakers and pundits took to social media on Wednesday to widely criticize the new board and call for it to be disbanded.
The republicans don't want to counter Russian disinformation.A literal "Ministry of 'Truth'". They are not even trying to hide it anymore.
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The Department of Homeland Security has launched a new panel to tackle disinformation.
By Associated Press
|
April 28, 2022, at 7:57 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security is stepping up an effort to counter disinformation coming from Russia as well as misleading information that human smugglers circulate to target migrants hoping to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border.
“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 Wednesday. It declined The Associated Press' request for an interview.
A newly formed Disinformation Governance Board announced Wednesday will immediately begin focusing on misinformation aimed at migrants, a problem that has helped to fuel sudden surges at the U.S. southern border in recent years. Human smugglers often spread misinformation around border policies to drum up business."
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The new board also will monitor and prepare for Russian disinformation threats as this year's midterm elections near and the Kremlin continues an aggressive disinformation campaign around the war in Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly waged misinformation campaigns aimed at U.S. audiences to further divisions around election time and spread conspiracy theories around U.S. COVID-19 vaccines. Most recently, Russian state media outlets, social media accounts and officials have used the internet to call photographs, reporting and videos of dead bodies and bombed buildings in Ukraine fake.
The board will be led by disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz, who has researched Russian misinformation tactics and online harassment.
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Biden, a Democrat, repeatedly said he would push tech companies, including Facebook, to crack down harder on misinformation and conspiracy theories that have overwhelmed social media and its users.
Dozens of Republican lawmakers and pundits took to social media on Wednesday to widely criticize the new board and call for it to be disbanded.
They already have that information.All they want to do is identify people who don't profess the accepted State narrative and put them in "threat to democracy" database.
Seems pretty legit - what could possibly go wrong?
No, what they want to do is.All they want to do is identify people who don't profess the accepted State narrative and put them in "threat to democracy" database.
Seems pretty legit - what could possibly go wrong?
It's not limited to Russia. Please read at least the article in the OP.No, what they want to do is.
" to counter disinformation coming from Russia".
Sounds like they just created a dept to spy on their political opponents. Progressives will celebrate this until the GOP retake's power and they are the ones being spied on. We will then see a 180° and they will be predicting the end of democracy.A literal "Ministry of 'Truth'". They are not even trying to hide it anymore.
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The Department of Homeland Security has launched a new panel to tackle disinformation.
By Associated Press
|
April 28, 2022, at 7:57 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security is stepping up an effort to counter disinformation coming from Russia as well as misleading information that human smugglers circulate to target migrants hoping to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border.
“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 Wednesday. It declined The Associated Press' request for an interview.
A newly formed Disinformation Governance Board announced Wednesday will immediately begin focusing on misinformation aimed at migrants, a problem that has helped to fuel sudden surges at the U.S. southern border in recent years. Human smugglers often spread misinformation around border policies to drum up business."
"
The new board also will monitor and prepare for Russian disinformation threats as this year's midterm elections near and the Kremlin continues an aggressive disinformation campaign around the war in Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly waged misinformation campaigns aimed at U.S. audiences to further divisions around election time and spread conspiracy theories around U.S. COVID-19 vaccines. Most recently, Russian state media outlets, social media accounts and officials have used the internet to call photographs, reporting and videos of dead bodies and bombed buildings in Ukraine fake.
The board will be led by disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz, who has researched Russian misinformation tactics and online harassment.
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Biden, a Democrat, repeatedly said he would push tech companies, including Facebook, to crack down harder on misinformation and conspiracy theories that have overwhelmed social media and its users.
Dozens of Republican lawmakers and pundits took to social media on Wednesday to widely criticize the new board and call for it to be disbanded.
I read it.It's not limited to Russia. Please read at least the article in the OP.
I read it.
Why don't you want to counter disinformation?
Sounds like they just created a dept. To counter disinformation.Sounds like they just created a dept to spy on their political opponents. Progressives will celebrate this until the GOP retake's power and they are the ones being spied on. We will then see a 180° and they will be predicting the end of democracy.
Christian nationalists.The republicans don't want to counter Russian disinformation.
What the hell happened to the Republican party?
Then why are you opposed to this?Not saying that whatsoever. Any more strawmen?
Where will "room 101" reside and who will play "OBrien"?Sounds like they just created a dept to spy on their political opponents. Progressives will celebrate this until the GOP retake's power and they are the ones being spied on. We will then see a 180° and they will be predicting the end of democracy.
I think people are saying that a fringe liberal who is extremely anti-free speech probably shouldn't be in Czar on this matter.Are you saying Russian disinformation shouldn't be countered?
Nina Jankowicz said:And so I think we need to think very, very carefully about what “speech” means and for whom we are talking about this speech being accessible. Because if we moved toward more of a free speech absolutist paradigm on the internet, that would mean less speech for women and less speech for marginalized communities.
Nina Jankowicz said:I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists were taking over more platforms, what that would look like for the marginalized communities.
Nina Jankowicz said:And I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists were taking over more platforms, what that would look like for the marginalized communities all around the world, which are already shouldering so much of this abuse, disproportionate amounts of this abuse, and retraumatizing themselves as they try to protect themselves from it, you know, reporting, blocking, et cetera. We need the platforms to do more, and we frankly need law enforcement and our legislatures to do more as well.
Why wouldn't everyone be on board?Sounds like they just created a dept. To counter disinformation.
I do. See for example Post #8.I read it.
Why don't you want to counter disinformation?
Doesn't sound anti free speech to me.I think people are saying that a fringe liberal who is extremely anti-free speech probably shouldn't be in Czar on this matter.
Supporters of the authoritarian GOP party preaching about fears of authoritarianism is hilarious.Where will "room 101" reside and who will play "OBrien"?
If only this were true.Next we are going to see the reinstatement of the "fairness doctrine" on a mass scale.
Russian and ISIS disinformation is also known as Fox news and all the other garbage websites the traitor trolls go toThe republicans don't want to counter Russian disinformation.
What the hell happened to the Republican party?
Doesn't sound anti free speech to me.
Countering disinformation is not anti free speech.
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