{"id":1766541,"date":"2022-12-07T13:31:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T18:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766541"},"modified":"2022-12-07T13:48:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T18:48:29","slug":"katie-hobbs-helped-censor-speech-on-social-media-while-serving-as-secretary-of-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/katie-hobbs-helped-censor-speech-on-social-media-while-serving-as-secretary-of-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Hobbs Helped Censor Speech On Social Media While Serving as Secretary Of State"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkatie-hobbs-helped-censor-speech-on-social-media-while-serving-as-secretary-of-state%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766541&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Katie-Hobbs-Helped-Censor-Speech-On-Social-Media-While-Serving-as-Secretary-Of-State.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Governor-elect Katie Hobbs played a key role in censoring social media speech while serving as Arizona\u2019s secretary of state, according to reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to documents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/63290154\/71\/8\/missouri-v-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">submitted<\/a> as part of discovery in the case Missouri v. Biden, Hobbs\u2019 office contacted the nonprofit, the Center for Internet Security (CIS) \u2013 which acts as a mediator between social media companies and government entities, to request a \u201creview\u201d of Twitter posts which claimed Arizona\u2019s voter registration system was owned by foreign actors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an attempt to further undermine confidence in the election institution in Arizona,\u201d Hobbs\u2019 office said.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter promptly told CIS it would \u201cescalate\u201d their issue.<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, Twitter notified CIS it had removed the offending posts. The exchange took place a day after the Capitol riots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth Tweets have been removed from service,\u201d stated Twitter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to court filings, Hobbs began focusing on her narrative of the dangers misinformation and disinformation pose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLies, conspiracy theories, and disinformation pose a real threat to our democracy,\u201d tweeted Hobbs last April.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lies, conspiracy theories, and disinformation pose a real threat to our democracy. <\/p>\n<p>Until the legislature is willing to commit to funding robust public education efforts around our elections, open and transparent partnerships like this will continue to be vital. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GBs33qlGQW\">https:\/\/t.co\/GBs33qlGQW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Katie Hobbs (@SecretaryHobbs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretaryHobbs\/status\/1379870753282093056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>While Hobbs was on the campaign trail last September, she said her work was focused on eradicating speech deemed misinformation or disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve fought against misinformation and even death threats to defend Arizona\u2019s elections,\u201d wrote Hobbs. \u201cI\u2019ll always fight the spread of misinformation and never back down from telling the truth. We can\u2019t let the conspiracy theories win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/james-woods-prepares-to-sue-dnc-into-oblivion-over-twitter-suppression\/\">James Woods Prepares to Sue DNC into Oblivion over Twitter Suppression<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While some elected officials in our state continue to promote falsehoods about the last election, I\u2019ll always fight the spread of misinformation and never back down from telling the truth.<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t let the conspiracy theorists win. We need a change in leadership in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gov-Elect Katie Hobbs (@katiehobbs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katiehobbs\/status\/1436042901587300352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Shortly after it was revealed that Hobbs meddled in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/elon-musk-indicates-his-personal-safety-could-be-at-risk-its-not-that-hard-to-kill-me\/\"> social media suppression<\/a> in the wake of the explosive Twitter files, Hobbs\u2019 team scrambled for a new narrative to counter the bad press.<\/p>\n<p>Hobbs\u2019 assistant secretary of state and incoming chief of staff, Allie Bones, shared a statement asserting that it was the secretary of state\u2019s job to inform voters and eliminate lies.<\/p>\n<p>Bones dismissed concerns about the government\u2019s suppression of online speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the ways we [make sure that voters are informed] is by working to counter disinformation online that can confuse voters,\u201d stated Bones.<\/p>\n<p>Bones also blasted GOP leaders who called for Hobbs to be investigated, saying they were taking speech monitoring out of context.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis email exchange is from January 2021, as shown in the screenshot. Not only was it taken entirely out of context, it has nothing to do with this year\u2019s midterm election,\u201d stated Bones. \u201cThis is yet another example of conspiracy theorists trying to create chaos and confusion by casting doubt on our election system. It\u2019s unfair to Arizona voters and it\u2019s harmful to our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bones told Axios that \u201cseeking the removal of verifiably false information is not silencing dissent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a 2020 report, CIS noted it leveraged relationships with election officials and its past work in \u201ccorrecting election misinformation\u201d to create the communications hub.<\/p>\n<p>CIS said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis groundbreaking single point of coordination for federal, state, local, and private partners allowed all relevant stakeholders to quickly review incoming information, establish ground truths, and respond accordingly to threats. [\u2026] The EI-ISAC served as the central hub for election officials to report misinformation about the elections infrastructure during the 2020 General Election. CIS leveraged the EI-ISAC to coordinate the communication of misinformation reports from election officials to federal partners, and social media platforms during the 2020 General Election. CIS staff worked with private and public partners to handle 209 cases of misinformation with a range of topics, sources, and social media platforms. The mis\/disinformation program also provided the opportunity for election officials to correct the record on misinformation, or to cause the misinformation to be removed.\u201d (emphasis added).<\/p>\n<p>CIS also explained in its report that it issued over 40 threat intelligence alerts originating from them and the federal government to state and local election officials.<\/p>\n<p>In response, election officials would issue feedback to CIS before being passed on to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese disseminations addressed the range of phishing, exploitation, and misinformation threats faced by the election community in 2020, including the threat indicators needed to mitigate them,\u201d stated CIS.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/arizona-governor-elect-katie-hobbs-helped-censor-social-media-speech-while-secretary-of-state\">The Daily Wire<\/a> notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Contacts and funding to execute EI-ISAC\u2019s mission are the least of CIS\u2019 worries. At the helm of the nonprofit is a former top official for the Obama administration: John Gilligan. The president and CEO served as a senior intelligence and security advisor for the Air Force, Department of Energy, and White House Cyber Security Commission.<\/p>\n<p>CIS works with all 50 states in over 2,900 election offices nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2010, CIS has received over $196 million in federal grants. They also have received nearly $3.7 million in federal agency cybersecurity contracts since 2005.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor-elect Katie Hobbs played a key role in censoring social media speech while serving as Arizona\u2019s secretary of state, according to reports. 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