WATCH: The New Naked Gun Trailer Drops With the PERFECT O.J. Simpson Joke
Flashback: Here's Nancy Pelosi Singing a (D)ifferent Tune on China, Trade Deficits, and...
‘Hmmm’: Adam Kinzinger Suspicious There Are No Tariffs on Russia
What a Peach! Watch Unhinged Leftist Crow About 'No FEMA' for Tornado-Impacted Red...
Tim Walz's Magical Media Tour Continues! He Tells MSNBC Voters Regret Electing Trump...
Not Even CLOSE, Bud! The Hill Wants Us to Believe the Pendulum Is...
Only 19% of Baltimore Kids Are Proficient in Math, So the District Spends...
Jamie Raskin Calls Fed. Employees Patriots, Claims They Pass Up MANY Rich Jobs...
U.S. Bans Romantic Relationships Between Gov Workers and Chinese Citizens, Eric Swalwell H...
EPIC Post from GenZ'r Explaining Why He's NOT Worried About His 401K DECIMATES...
Now That the Border Is Secure It's Safe for Dems to Go (Tom...
NBC News Scrapes the Bottom of the Barrel to Get a Nurse's Opinion...
CNN's Abby Phillip Gets Fact Checked to Her Face!
HORSES**T! Stephanie Ruhle Tries Lecturing MAGA About What THEY Voted for but Dean...
Chuck Schumer Triggered By Elon Musk's Spot-On 1-Word Post About Dems Suing to...

DHS finally pulls the plug on its Disinformation Governance Board

Lost in all the news about student loan forgiveness Wednesday was the sound of the plug finally being pulled on the Department of Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board. The Washington Post’s Taylor Lorenz reported back in May that the board was being put on “pause,” and that the Mary Poppins of Disinformation running the board — who shared tweets about the Steele dossier and the “fairy tale about a laptop repair shop” — had resigned after what Lorenz called “coordinated right-wing attacks” made it impossible to continue. We’re right-wing and we’re happy to have participated in those coordinated right-wing attacks.

Advertisement

That “pause” is now officially the end of the Disinformation Governance Board.

Rebel News reports:

Earlier this year, the DHS revealed that it had set up the board to monitor so-called “disinformation” on social media. The board’s purpose was purportedly to target Russian and other foreign government campaigns unfriendly to the United States.

Following a widespread backlash from Republicans who were concerned that the board would be used to silence political views it disagrees with, the DHS paused the governance board in May this year.

“In accordance with the HSAC’s prior recommendation, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas has terminated the Disinformation Governance Board and rescinded its charter effective today, August 24, 2022,” the department stated, adding that while the DHS had a role to play in fighting misinformation, the board was unnecessary.

They thought the board was necessary to censor conservative viewpoints before the midterms, but it was never really “necessary,” especially when led by someone so transparently partisan.

Advertisement

The social media giants are doing the job for free, so why waste time with a board?


Related:

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Twitchy Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement