The U.S. State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), an agency tasked with fighting foreign propaganda, has been shut down after Republicans voted to cut its funding. The GEC, which employed around 120 people and had a budget of $61 million a year, was created in 2016. Its main goal was to combat disinformation from foreign governments and organizations. However, many conservatives criticized the agency for spreading its own form of propaganda and censoring voices at home.
The GEC made headlines for funding campaigns that many viewed as controversial. One such campaign involved creating video games aimed at teaching children about the dangers of anti-American ideas. These games were released in countries like the UK, Ukraine, Latvia, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. Another issue arose during the coronavirus pandemic when the GEC funded various organizations that compiled lists of social media accounts spreading "disinformation" about the virus. Some of these accounts belonged to...
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