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2023-02-11 Cyber
US State Department Funding Secret 'Disinformation' Crusade To Blacklist Conservative Media
[ZERO] The US Department of State has been funding a "disinformation" tracking group through its Global Engagement Center (GEC), which reportedly works at demonetizing sites it accuses of disseminating "disinformation," - which are overwhelmingly conservative news outlets, the Washington Examiner reports.
The Global Disinformation Index, a British organization with two affiliated U.S. nonprofit groups, is feeding blacklists to ad companies with the intent of defunding and shutting down websites peddling alleged "disinformation," the Washington Examiner reported. This same "disinformation" group has received $330,000 from two State Department-backed entities linked to the highest levels of government, raising concerns from First Amendment lawyers and members of Congress.

GDI through its website maintains a "dynamic exclusion list" of the worst offenders of disinformation online, which it then distributes to ad tech companies - such as Microsoft's Xandr - in order to try and "defund and downrank these worst offenders," and deprive said sites of ad revenue.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-11 09:10|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 Likely should read:

US State Department Laundering Funding.....
Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-11 09:41||   2023-02-11 09:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Rep. Jim Jordan's committee should take a look at GEC and this weaponization of government.
Posted by JohnQC 2023-02-11 11:50||   2023-02-11 11:50|| Front Page Top

#3 The State Department is a leftist tumor that funds subsidiaries with our money. We have sent several people in to go Augean Stables on the entire institution. Musk’s Twitter takeover is a good template.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-02-11 12:02||   2023-02-11 12:02|| Front Page Top

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