U.S. senator says Biden administration disinformation board likely illegal

Trump admin started the same kind of agency to monitor cyber communications as Russia had an active disinformation campaign against our country. As much as it sounds like you support the “thumb up the ass” policy, I’d prefer our security agencies stay on top of this kind of stuff. All for this other jumbo jumbo I see people claiming, such as they will control our social media accounts… well that’s unfounded hyperpartisan BS.
The CIA and FBI already monitor specific threats. This new "Board" is designed to monitor all information, internal or external, and take action based on their interpretation of the speech. This is way beyond monitoring communications between known terrorists. They have virtually no oversight.

If you can't see the potential for abuse based on politics, I'm afraid there isn't much I can do for you.
 
How exactly is this group preventing free speech?
Sorry bout that,

1. Well its not in the Constitution, like some paragraph, stating a *Truth* ministry shall be established by the government with rules of said committee.
2. So that simple fact makes it *UNCONSTITUTIONAL* .

Regards,
SirJamesofTexas
 
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Doesn’t anybody have the constitutional right to label anything anything they want? And don’t news companies have the constitutional right to report what they chose to report?
The government is not supposed to interfere with free speech. Having the government determine what is true or false can interfere with free speech. Plus our wonderful government lies to us all the time.

 
Sure this is what the group will be tasked to do…

The new board is intended to standardize the department's efforts to respond to disinformation that could be connected with violent threats to the U.S. So, if an agency under DHS — like Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) or Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency (CISA) — identifies disinformation under its purview, it's the new disinformation board that would come up with the best practices for any DHS agency handling the disinformation.

Sounds familiar...where have I heard something like this before?

Oh, yes...

War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
 
You can't seem to get away from know it all social network INFLUENCERS. They're everywhere. IF i were a young person today i would be freaking insulted and angry that there were influencers, PAID to influence what they think is my little head full of mush...which i must admit is most kids in public schools. The males seem to be fighting it...especially young males growing up in intact families, in rural areas, with a family history of patriotism and self determination. they don't all make it. It's easy to take the path of least resistance. Don't think, do as you're told, think they way they want you to think, you'll get some free stuff maybe, racist redneck.
 
Where does it say this board would take over deciding who’s social media gets shut off? Can you post a link?
The White House has already done it.

White House ‘flagging’ posts for Facebook to censor over COVID ‘misinformation’

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday the Biden administration is identifying “problematic” posts for Facebook to censor because they contain “misinformation” about COVID-19.

Psaki disclosed the government’s role in policing social media during her daily press briefing after Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on companies to purge more pandemic posts.

The demand for censorship — and Psaki’s admission of government involvement — follows a series of flip-flops from health officials who contradicted themselves throughout the pandemic on issues such as mask efficacy, as well as censorship of claims that later gained credibility, such as the theory that COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab.

“We are in regular touch with the social media platforms and those engagements typically happen through members of our senior staff and also members of our COVID-19 team — given as Dr. Murthy conveyed, this is a big issue, of misinformation, specifically on the pandemic,” Psaki said.

She added: “We’ve increased disinformation research and tracking within the Surgeon General’s Office. We are flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation.”

Psaki added, “it’s important to take faster action against harmful posts … and Facebook needs to move more quickly to remove harmful violative posts.”
 
The CIA and FBI already monitor specific threats. This new "Board" is designed to monitor all information, internal or external, and take action based on their interpretation of the speech. This is way beyond monitoring communications between known terrorists. They have virtually no oversight.

If you can't see the potential for abuse based on politics, I'm afraid there isn't much I can do for you.
Really where are you seeing that protocol. Can you post a link?
 
Sorry bout that,

1. Well its not in the Constitution, like some paragraph, stating a *Truth* ministry shall be established by the government with rules of said committee.
2. So that simple fact makes it *UNCONSTITUTIONAL* .

Regards,
SirJamesofTexas
You’re being sarcastic right??
 
The government is not supposed to interfere with free speech. Having the government determine what is true or false can interfere with free speech. Plus our wonderful government lies to us all the time.

The government has the responsibility to determine what is a threat to our country and act defensively do they not?
 

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