The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under President Joe Biden is starting a new office it says will focus on countering “misinformation” and “disinformation.”On Wednesday, Politico first reported the DHS was establishing an office, called the Disinformation Governance Board. Honored to be serving in the Biden Administration @DHSgov and helping shape our counter-disinformation efforts. https://t.co/uN20vl7qqV pic.twitter.com/JEn4FqLdck — Nina Jankowicz 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@wiczipedia) April 27, 2022“Here’s my official portrait to grab your attention,” Jankowicz said in a subsequent tweet. That’s [not] law enforcement, that’s lawlessness.”Trump talking about how he would "put out that fire" in Portland is the language of authoritarianism. — Nina Jankowicz 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@wiczipedia) September 30, 2020On Wednesday, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told the House Subcommittee on Homeland Security Appropriations that DHS Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans Robert Silvers and DHS Principal Deputy General Counsel Jennifer Gaskell will also lead the agency’s “just recently constituted misinformation disinformation governance board.”

Source: Washington Post April 27, 2022 21:59 UTC