Capitol Hill hearing on ‘censorship industrial complex’ under Biden based on ‘fiction’, says expert

Nina Jankowicz, who led DHS’s disinformation unit under Biden administration, pointed to restrictions under TrumpA Capitol Hill hearing held to explore supposed government censorship under Joe Biden was based on a “fiction”, a leading expert on countering online disinformation told members of Congress on Tuesday.Nina Jankowicz, head of the American Sunlight Project, a pro-democracy organization, went on the offensive at a House of Representatives foreign relations subcommittee meeting held to examine the existence of an alleged “censorship industrial complex”, which Republicans claim was established to stifle rightwing views on social media, rather than combat foreign propaganda, as officially stated. Continue reading...

Capitol Hill hearing on ‘censorship industrial complex’ under Biden based on ‘fiction’, says expert

Nina Jankowicz, who led DHS’s disinformation unit under Biden administration, pointed to restrictions under Trump

A Capitol Hill hearing held to explore supposed government censorship under Joe Biden was based on a “fiction”, a leading expert on countering online disinformation told members of Congress on Tuesday.

Nina Jankowicz, head of the American Sunlight Project, a pro-democracy organization, went on the offensive at a House of Representatives foreign relations subcommittee meeting held to examine the existence of an alleged “censorship industrial complex”, which Republicans claim was established to stifle rightwing views on social media, rather than combat foreign propaganda, as officially stated. Continue reading...