Conservatives Were Censored During 2020 Election Cycle
DHS officials created a ‘disinformation group’ at Stanford University to flag posts ~House Report
Steve Watson
Numerous government agencies banded together with academic institutions and big tech in an effort to censor prominent conservatives in the run up to the 2020 election, a report from the U.S. House of Representatives has concluded.
Congressman Jim Jordan presented the findings Monday, revealing that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Global Engagement Center (GEC) within the State Department established so called ‘disinformation groups’ to flag social media posts and online content it deemed problematic as part of an Election Integrity Partnership (EIP).
This is a big deal https://t.co/FtpR34LmsT
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 7, 2023
Here’s how it worked:
-EIP “stakeholders” (including the federal gov’t) would submit misinformation reports
-EIP would “analyze” the report and find similar content across platforms
-EIP would submit the report to Big Tech, often with a recommendation on how to censor
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) November 6, 2023
The House report titled “THE WEAPONIZATION OF ‘DISINFORMATION’ PSUEDO-EXPERTS AND BUREAUCRATS: HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERED WITH UNIVERSITIES TO CENSOR AMERICANS’ POLITICAL SPEECH” shows that the DHS and other government bodies partnered with Stanford University’s Internet Observatory, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, Graphika, and the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab.
“[T]he federal government and universities pressured social media companies to censor true information, jokes, and political opinions,” the report notes.
Jordan named some of the people who were actively censored:
Who was targeted? Americans of all political stripes, but especially conservatives: @realDonaldTrump@SenThomTillis@newtgingrich@GovMikeHuckabee@mtgreenee@seanhannity@MZHemingway@pnjaban@charliekirk11@RealCandaceO@JackPosobiec@bennyjohnson@TomFitton@TheBabylonBee
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) November 6, 2023
As always, more to come.
Read our report here: https://t.co/h69JCsqLCh
Stay tuned…
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) November 6, 2023
The report further notes that “The pseudoscience of disinformation is now – and has always been – nothing more than a political ruse most frequently targeted at communities and individuals holding views contrary to the prevailing narratives.”
According to the Weaponization of the Federal Government Committee, I was targeted for direct censorship by national security agencies throughout the 2020 election
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) November 7, 2023
.@timcast breaks down Rep. @Jim_Jordan‘s Censorship-Industrial Complex report that reveals prominent conservatives were censored ahead of the 2020 election pic.twitter.com/zREV0EIy86
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 7, 2023
As chair of the Weaponisation of Government subcommittee, Jordan has been digging into this stuff for a while now:
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“Stakeholders”… Another word for Domestic Terrorists.
So, how soon should we expect the republican legislators to bring felony treason charges against these criminals usurping the authority of public office to war against the People?