[lettergram]

They tried it last administration too -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_Governance_Boar...

To be honest, it's been going on for effectively forever.

See operation mockingbird -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

[throwawayq3423]

Your first citation exposes disinformation it doesn't create and disseminate it. Your second citation was a Cold War shitshow that has no relevancy today.

[jerkstate]

even the word "disinformation" is just a frame

[jauntywundrkind]

From that DGB link:

> the board would have no operational authority or capability but would collect best practices for dissemination to DHS organizations already tasked with defending against disinformation threats,

> the board would not monitor American citizens

> the board would study policy questions, best practices, and academic research on disinformation, and then submit guidance to the DHS secretary on how different DHS agencies should conduct analysis of online content.

> the board would monitor disinformation spread by "foreign states such as Russia, China, and Iran" and "transnational criminal organizations and human smuggling organizations", and disinformation spread during natural disasters (listing as an example misinformation spread about the safety of drinking water during Hurricane Sandy). The DHS added that "The Department is deeply committed to doing all of its work in a way that protects Americans' freedom of speech, civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy."

> the DGB announced that it would provide quarterly reports to the United States Congress.

There was zero benefit of a doubt given by the GOP, and merely the idea of trying to work against foreign influence seemingly unacceptable. Anything to drum up more fear, and frankly, to give quarter to the destabilizing awful elements of this planet.

Tulso Gabbard called this the Ministry of Truth. But she's also the one who has left America utterly defenseless by ending all safeguards against international disinformation, by shutting down CISA cyber security protection, and by being a fountain of rank disgusting disinformation weaponizing intelligence agencies for base political gain again and again and again. She has close ties to Russia and in my opinion is working for them. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...

It's all spin, no bite. The endless fear mongering of the GOP is preventing even basic security of the nation.