{"id":1870654,"date":"2023-03-07T14:57:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T19:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-state-department-spending-tens-of-thousands-to-thwart-disinformation-in-uganda\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T15:01:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T20:01:02","slug":"biden-state-department-spending-tens-of-thousands-to-thwart-disinformation-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-state-department-spending-tens-of-thousands-to-thwart-disinformation-in-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden State Department spending tens of thousands to thwart &#8216;disinformation&#8217; in Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fbiden-state-department-spending-tens-of-thousands-to-thwart-disinformation-in-uganda%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=1870654&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-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_75896093\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Disinformation Inc: Meet the groups hauling in cash to secretly blacklist conservative news\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Well-funded \" disinformation tracking groups are part of a stealth operation blacklisting and trying to defund conservative media likely costing the news companies large sums in advertising dollars washington examiner investigation found. major ad increasingly seeking guidance from purportedly claiming be detecting fighting online these same monitors compiling secret website blacklists feeding them with aim defunding shutting down disfavored speech according sources familiar situation public memos emails obtained by examiner.>               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M34S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-08 22:35:37\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/1238569_th_1675896089.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1238569.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_75896093\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1238569\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">P<\/span>Joe Biden, resident <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\">State Department<\/a> Are you willing to spend tens or thousands of dollars on fighting cancer? &#8220;disinformation&#8221; And &#8220;misinformation&#8221; Ugandan documents are available. <\/p>\n<p>Two entities will receive $50,000 from the State Department to help train Ugandan journalists. &#8220;fact-checking&#8221; What to do? &#8220;reduce vulnerability to misinformation and disinformation,&#8221; Based on grant records, the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/disinformation-inc-republican-demands-state-department-investigate-global-disinformation-index\">DISINFORMATION INC: DARRELL ISSA DEMANDS STATE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATE CONSERVATIVE BLACKLIST GROUP<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The U.S. government has repeatedly funded so-called anti-disinformation operations in other countries which have ultimately turned against disfavored groups of Americans,&#8221; Vice President Dan Caldwell of Center for Renewing America. This conservative think tank is headed by Russell Vought (ex-Office of Management and Budget Director) under former President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>The author told <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>. &#8220;Republicans in Congress should not support funding these efforts since there is a high probability they will ultimately be weaponized against their own constituents.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s State Department, and other agencies like the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> GOP backlash has been experienced by those who have paid large sums of money to fight the war. &#8220;disinformation.&#8221; Particularly, the department has been examined following an investigation. <i>Washington Examiner<\/i> A February 9, 2009 report that showed how it supported a nonprofit organization and the agency <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/equality-not-elitism\/disinformation-group-secretly-blacklisting-right-wing-outlets-bankrolled-state-department\">have granted hundreds of thousands of dollars<\/a> to the Global Disinformation Index \u2014 which is feeding conservative website <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/disinformation-conservative-media-censored-blacklists\">blacklists<\/a> Advertising companies <\/p>\n<p>Uganda is an east African country with over 45 million inhabitants. It has been declared a republic. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/traveladvisories\/traveladvisories\/uganda-travel-advisory.html\">received<\/a> The State Department has issued a travel advisory at level 3. The department instructs U.S citizens on how to use this information. &#8220;reconsider travel&#8221; Due to an increased risk of &#8220;crime and terrorism.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>This new grant from the State Department was approved on February 24th and will be open for applications through March 31st. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/ug.usembassy.gov\/\">the<\/a> U.S. Embassy Uganda It forms part of the a &#8220;public diplomacy&#8221; Grant program and for &#8220;Media Literacy and Counter Disinformation Programs.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>American universities and nonprofit organizations, as well as eligible individuals, will receive money through the grant to help Ugandan journalists, among other media professionals, train. &#8220;on fact-checking and verification of credible sources and\/or the identification of disinformation and misinformation,&#8221; These documents are. <\/p>\n<p>Grantees are alleged to conduct research in order to notify foreign media personnel &#8220;trainings&#8221; How to identify purported disin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/biden-state-department-disinformation-uganda-grant-africa-antony-blinken\">Biden State Department spending tens of thousands to thwart &#8216;disinformation&#8217; in Uganda<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PJoe Biden, resident State Department Are you willing to spend tens or thousands of dollars on fighting cancer? &#8220;disinformation&#8221; And &#8220;misinformation&#8221; Ugandan documents are available. 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