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White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the newly formed federal government’s “disinformation” board would work in a “non-partisan”, “apolitical” way amid criticism that the Biden administration was fighting freedom of speech.
During her daily press briefing on Monday, Psaki was asked to explain the responsibilities of the Interior Ministry’s Disinformation Management Council, which she said continued the work of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), set up in within DHS by former President Donald Trump in 2018. Trump fired the director of CISA after the 2020 election after the agency publicly challenged allegations of widespread voter fraud.
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White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki spoke at a White House press briefing on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)
“It simply came to our notice then [CISA’s] work and this would help coordinate the department’s internal activities related to disinformation, which poses a threat to the homeland, “Psaki said.” The mandate is not to judge what is true or false, online or otherwise. He will work in a non-partisan and apolitical way. In essence, it is designed to coordinate much of the ongoing work that is happening. “
“The focus is on disinformation that threatens the homeland, as I noted, such as things that would incite violent extremism, human traffickers and other transnational criminal organizations, any efforts that [are] “Vicious foreign influence, anything that would endanger people during emergencies,” she continued. “So much of this work is really about work that people may not see every day that is done by the Department of Homeland Security.”
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki is holding a daily press briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo / Patrick Semansky)
A reporter then asked Psaki, “Will there be anything public? [that people] will I see or will all this happen somehow behind closed doors? “
“Well, they will certainly consider launching public products that represent the department’s point of view on disinformation manners,” Psaki said. “But that’s their main goal, and I have no idea what that format is.”
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Fox News Sunday that “there is no doubt” that he “could have done a better job of communicating” the target on board when he first announced it during his testimony. on Wednesday before the subcommittee on appropriations of the House of Representatives Security.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mallorcas testified during the Chamber’s hearing in April 2022 (AP Photo / Jose Luis Magana)
Mallorca explained on Sunday that the board was specifically dealing with “disinformation that poses a threat to the security of the homeland.”
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“Disinformation from Russia, from China, from Iran, from the cartels,” he said.
“This is a working group that uses best practices to ensure that in dealing with misinformation that poses a threat to the homeland, our work does not violate freedom of speech, does not violate civil rights, civil liberties,” he continued. “It’s not about speech, it’s about violence. This is what we need to address. You know, one has the right to free speech to spew anti-Semitic rhetoric. What they have no right to do is take hostages in a synagogue and we intervene. “
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