{"id":2031470,"date":"2023-09-14T07:29:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T11:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-push-to-ban-dhs-from-establishing-another-disinformation-governance-board\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T07:30:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T11:30:17","slug":"house-republicans-push-to-ban-dhs-from-establishing-another-disinformation-governance-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-push-to-ban-dhs-from-establishing-another-disinformation-governance-board\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans seek to prohibit DHS from creating another &#8216;Disinformation Governance Board&#8217;."},"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%2Fhouse-republicans-push-to-ban-dhs-from-establishing-another-disinformation-governance-board%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=2031470&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--><h2>House Republicans Introduce\u2062 Bill to Ban DHS Disinformation Governance\u200c Board<\/h2>\n<p>House \u200cRepublicans are set to unveil legislation on Thursday that aims to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from establishing another Disinformation Governance Board. The move comes after concerns were raised by conservatives regarding censorship. The bill, introduced by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) along with \u2062Reps. Marjorie Taylor\u200d Greene (R-GA) and Ronny Jackson (R-TX), seeks to mandate that\u200c federal funds\u2064 cannot be used\u200d for the \u200dcreation of such a\u2064 board. \u2064The DHS\u200d terminated\u200c its previous panel in August 2022, just months after its\u200d launch, which claimed to combat misinformation, &#8220;malinformation,&#8221; and disinformation in\u200c the United States.<\/p>\n<h3>Republicans Push Back Against Biden Administration&#8217;s Control of Speech<\/h3>\n<p>Rep. Pfluger, who serves on the Homeland Security Committee alongside Rep.\u2063 Greene, criticized the\u200c Biden \u2063administration&#8217;s attempt to control the speech \u2062of American \u200ccitizens. He \u2063emphasized that\u2063 the focus \u200dof the DHS should be on securing the border and preventing terrorist attacks, rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-admits-post-vaccine-myocarditis-concerns-that-were-labeled-covid-misinformation-are-legit\/\" title=\"CDC Admits Post-Vaccine Myocarditis Concerns That Were Labeled Covid Misinformation Are Legit\">fact-checking social media<\/a> and censoring Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have been\u2064 actively seeking ways to \u200blimit the Biden administration&#8217;s ability to track and combat \u200bdisinformation. This includes supporting appropriations bills that aim to cut off federal funding for related programs.<\/p>\n<h3>Previous \u2063Efforts to Block\u200c DHS Governance\u2062 Board<\/h3>\n<p>This is not the\u2063 first time Republicans have attempted to prevent \u200cthe establishment of a DHS\u200b governance\u200c board. Last year, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) led a group of 61 GOP members, including Rep. Pfluger,\u200b in introducing legislation to prohibit federal funds \u2064from being\u200d used for similar entities. They \u200dreferred to the board as the &#8220;Ministry of Truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns Over\u200b Previous DHS Governance Board<\/h3>\n<p>The previous DHS Governance Board, led by Nina Jankowicz, faced criticism from Republicans who accused her of promoting conspiracy\u2062 theories and \u200csupporting censorship efforts against conservatives. Jankowicz had cast\u2064 doubt on the COVID-19 lab leak theory and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-push-to-ban-dhs-from-establishing-another-disinformation-governance-board\/\" title=\"House Republicans seek to prohibit DHS from creating another 'Disinformation Governance Board'.\">promoted false claims linking<\/a> former President Donald Trump \u2064to Russia. \u2064She\u200d was subpoenaed by\u200c the House Judiciary Committee to provide information on the board&#8217;s\u2064 activities and its approach to countering disinformation while \u200bprotecting First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security \u2062Agency&#8217;s Misinformation and Disinformation\u2063 Subcommittee, which is no longer active, has also faced\u2063 scrutiny from Republicans for alleged censorship.\u2064 Vijaya Gadde, a \u2062former\u200c subcommittee \u200dmember and\u2063 Twitter&#8217;s ex-chief legal officer, \u200dsuggested meeting with the Global Disinformation \u2064Index, among other \u2062groups. The House Judiciary Committee accused the subcommittee of censoring political\u200c speech\u200c and\u200c highlighted its ties to \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">social media companies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting Free Speech<\/h3>\n<p>Rep. Pfluger emphasized that the purpose of the DHS\u2064 bill is to safeguard \u2062free\u2064 speech. Rep. Greene echoed this sentiment, criticizing \u2062the Biden administration for establishing a &#8220;communist-style&#8221; Disinformation Governance Board and censoring\u200c American citizens. \u2064She highlighted that the disbandment of\u2062 the\u2064 board was a result\u2063 of public outrage.<\/p>\n<p>The DHS did not respond \u2062to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans plan to introduce a bill on Thursday to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from establishing a new Disinformation Governance Board. The previous board faced criticism from conservatives and was shut down last year. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) are leading the effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2031471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2031470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}