DHS labels private thoughts as ‘critical infrastructure’ for censorship.
Department of Homeland Security Engages in Unconstitutional Censorship, Says Louisiana Attorney General
The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been engaging in censorship under the guise of “critical infrastructure security,” according to Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry. Testifying before the House Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, Landry revealed that CISA has classified American “thoughts, ideas, and beliefs” as “critical infrastructure” and uses private entities to orchestrate unconstitutional government censorship.
Landry’s ongoing lawsuit, Louisiana and Missouri v. Biden et al., has exposed the roots of a widespread censorship operation aimed at affecting election outcomes and silencing speech critical of the regime on everything from Covid-19 lockdowns to FBI corruption.
CISA claims to be the “national coordinator for critical infrastructure security and resilience” and purports to address risks from “foreign influence operations and disinformation.” However, Landry’s case has revealed that the agency and other government agencies use three strategies to push companies to censor: “public pressure, coercion, and deception.”
Still, this conspiracy to control the thoughts and minds of the American public is deeply entrenched, with social media companies meeting with federal officials on a regular basis. These meetings are often focused on streamlining and maximizing censorship efforts related to flagging, fact-checking, and reporting on ‘borderline’ or disfavored content, even parodies, comedic material, and criticism of the President. Yet while many federal officials from the President on down have accused social media companies of “killing people” for not censoring enough content, this censorship enterprise has likely resulted in significant loss of life by ensuring the American public did not gain true and accurate information during a global pandemic.
Landry called for consequences, including “the termination of federal employment and forfeiture of retirement benefits for those who have betrayed their oaths of office by silencing what the White House has characterized as the ‘low quality speech’ of our fellow Americans.” He also urged Congress to pass a law criminalizing federal government censorship and establishing recourse for silenced Americans, involving punitive and monetary damages against the censors.
“These comprehensive measures are essential to preventing large-scale constitutional violations of Americans’ First Amendment rights,” Landry concluded.
Samuel Boehlke is a rising senior in Mass Communication/Law and Policy at Concordia University Wisconsin and a current intern at The Federalist. He is Web Editor for CUW’s The Beacon and External Affairs Editor for Quaestus Journal. Reach him at [email protected] or by DMs @vaguelymayo.
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