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The Latest Breaking News from Nina Jankowicz

Trump and Tucker Carlson were codependent. Their Venn diagram was one angry white circle

The Trump presidency was fuelled by the Fox hosts’ fact-free claims. Their gospel of hate will endure

The Guardian - US

Jordan targets misinformation research

Jordan alleges colleges aided Biden's “censorship regime by advising on so-called misinformation"

Salon

Jim Jordan issues subpoenas to investigate ‘weaponization’ of federal agencies

WASHINGTON — House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has subpoenaed the former head of a defunct Biden administration advisory board on disinformation, which was disbanded just months after being formed amid public backlash.

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Republicans issue subpoenas to former school board officials

House Republicans have issued another series of subpoenas as part of an ongoing investigation into what they contend is the mistreatment of parents who protested “woke” school board policies

The Independent UK

Free Speech on Twitter? Not If Europe Has a Say

EU officials threaten to make their restrictive content rules a global standard.

Reason

Biden caved to GOP on election disinfo

DHS pulled back on a comprehensive effort to address disinformation to help election workers

Salon

DHS Still Policing Disinformation Despite Dissolving Disinformation Governance Board

The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI regularly report misinformation and disinformation to tech companies for potential removal.

Reason

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US government shuts down disinformation board that GOP criticised

The termination of the Disinformation Governance Board comes three months after it was suspended amid outrage from conservatives who claimed it would be weaponised against them

The Independent UK

Homeland Security Agrees That the Disinformation Board Was a Bad Idea

The feds now admit there was "no need" for such a thing.

Reason

Kamala Harris' Online Harassment Task Force Is a Bad Idea

It's Nina Jankowicz 2.0.

Reason

You're Wrong About Disinformation

People believe and say things that aren't true all of the time, of course. But efforts by public officials to combat them may well make things worse, not better.

Reason

She joined DHS to fight disinformation. She says she was halted by... disinformation

Nina Jankowicz looks back at how exaggerations and falsehoods stoked so many doubts about the Disinformation Governance Board that DHS paused it after just three weeks.

WEKU

Disinformation board's ex-leader faced wave of online abuse

The former head of a widely criticized disinformation board faced a torrent of sexist profanities on social media and menacing emails filled with rape or death threats

The Independent UK

US homeland security pauses new disinformation board amid criticism

Nina Jankowicz, the board’s director, resigns and says attacks and threats will not stop her from speaking out on disinformation

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WEKU

DHS pauses a board created to combat disinformation amid a campaign to discredit it

The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it would pause the work of a board created to combat disinformation. The board — and its leader — faced an online campaign to discredit its work.

Axios

Homeland Security puts its "Disinformation Governance Board" on ice

A spokesperson said the board "grossly and intentionally mischaracterized" but DHS will conduct a review.

Reason

Nina Jankowicz's Faulty Record, Not Her Critics, Doomed the Disinformation Board

And The Washington Post's wildly one-sided account of Jankowicz's fall was an exercise in government PR.

The Independent UK

DHS pauses disinformation board, director will resign

The Department of Homeland Security paused the work of its new disinformation governance board Wednesday

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Chicago Tribune

Editorial: The frustration with the new US disinformation board? Too little information

The most troubling problem with the Biden administration’s new Disinformation Governance Board is how little information the government has released about it.

Tribune News Service

Ingrid Jacques: Government growth puts liberty at risk

Two years ago, as the pandemic descended, I think most of us were startled by how much power it turned out governors and administrators had to rule our lives.

The Independent UK

Fox News host sparks backlash for saying he doesn’t ‘know why you’d give’ a pregnant woman an ‘important’ job

‘I’m not sure how you get a job and then you just, you can’t do a job for three months’

The Independent UK

GOP ‘ministry of truth’ slurs against Biden’s disinformation board expose their own political tricks, experts say

Republicans are upset about a Biden administration initiative to tackle disinformation because it hits close to home, experts tell Andrew Feinberg

The Independent UK

DHS disinformation board's work, plans remain a mystery

A newly formed Disinformation Governance Board remains shrouded in secrecy a week after the Biden administration’s announcement of the new effort was met with widespread criticism

Reason

The Biden Administration Sees Free Speech As a Public Menace

The alarm aroused by the Disinformation Governance Board is understandable given the administration’s broader assault on messages it considers dangerous.

Reason

Homeland Security Chief Admits New Disinformation Board Already Did a Bad Job of Informing Public

Alejandro Mayorkas fails to inspire much confidence in the new group run by Nina Jankowicz.

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