The US government has tried to sway online conversation behind closed doors and through pressure on commercial sites. Leaked documents exposed a DHS plan to police disinformation.
The Department of Homeland Security is covertly expanding its efforts to stifle speech that it deems threatening, according to a report by The Intercept. Years' worth of internal DHS memos, emails, and documents that have been made public as well as those that have been obtained through leaks and current litigation show the agency's extensive efforts to influence tech platforms.
Most of the work, much of which is still unknown to the American public, became apparent earlier this year when DHS announced a new "Disinformation Governance Board": a panel intended to police misinformation (false information spread inadvertantly), disinformation (false information spread intentionally), and malinformation (factual information shared, usually out of context, with harmful intent) that supposedly jeopardize...
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