{"id":2119231,"date":"2023-12-07T20:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T01:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-secure-provision-barring-pentagon-from-funding-disinformation-industry\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T20:49:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T01:49:09","slug":"house-republicans-secure-provision-barring-pentagon-from-funding-disinformation-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-secure-provision-barring-pentagon-from-funding-disinformation-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans have successfully included a provision that prevents the Pentagon from funding the &#8216;disinformation&#8217; industry"},"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\">32<\/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-secure-provision-barring-pentagon-from-funding-disinformation-industry%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=2119231&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\u200d Take a Stand Against Censorship in\u2064 Defense Bill<\/h2>\n<p>House Republicans \u200bhave made a\u200b significant move in\u2062 the fight against disinformation by including a provision in the 2024 National\u2062 Defense Authorization Act. This provision aims to prevent the Department \u200cof\u200b Defense from contracting with companies like NewsGuard, which engage in censorship of domestic news outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The House Armed \u200bServices Committee, after negotiations \u200dwith its Democrat-controlled counterpart in the Senate, agreed to remove several \u2064provisions from its version of the bill. However, the provision\u200b targeting government funding of censorship technology remained\u200c intact in the final legislation. This legislation is\u200c expected to be \u200dvoted on \u200cas early as next week.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee,\u200b Rep. Mike\u2063 Rogers, expressed his pride in the\u2062 provision, \u2064stating, &#8220;I am proud that House Republicans successfully fought for a provision in\u2064 the FY24 NDAA that ends the far-Left\u2019s attacks on conservative outlets. \u2064We will continue to defend\u2064 freedom of speech against \u200cthe Biden administration\u2019s far-left overreach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The NDAA \u200bis a crucial \u2062annual funding bill for \u200dthe military \u200band often serves as a platform for additional legislation that may not pass on its own. Other provisions that\u200d did not make it into the \u200bfinal version include \u2062bans on Pentagon\u2062 funding for drag shows and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-the-biden-administration-has-plans-to-quash-anti-trans-legislation-in-various-states\/\" title=\"Report: The Biden Administration Has Plans To Quash \u2018Anti-Trans\u2019 Legislation In Various States\">gender-affirming health care<\/a>&#8221; for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-investigating-chaplain-who-said-transgender-people-unqualified-to-serve\/\" title=\"Army Investigating Chaplain Who Said Transgender People \u2018Unqualified To Serve\u2019\">transgender service members<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This provision\u2063 comes at a time when government funding of the censorship \u200bindustry \u200cis being \u2062scrutinized. Concerns were raised when the Pentagon awarded $750,000 \u200cto NewsGuard to test its technology for defense purposes.\u2062 Companies like NewsGuard\u200d and the Global\u2064 Disinformation Index claim to be fact-checkers but have faced criticism for censoring\u2063 conservative\u2063 news outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Disinformation companies have openly admitted their goal of diverting advertising dollars away from conservative media sites, such as The \u200cDaily \u200cWire, by labeling them\u2063 as sources of misinformation. The Global Disinformation Index even includes \u2064The Daily Wire, The Federalist, \u2062and\u2063 the New York Post on its list of the top ten\u2063 &#8220;riskiest&#8221; outlets.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET \u2062THE DAILYWIRE+\u200c APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 committee&#8217;s provision ensures that the Pentagon cannot use these censorship tools when deciding \u2063how to \u200ballocate its advertising budget. It \u200crequires any\u200d entity involved in military recruitment advertising to certify that it does not use\u200b personal political preferences\u2063 or \u200cbiases in determining where DoD advertisements will\u2064 be placed. If NewsGuard or the Global Disinformation\u200b Index provides such certification and \u2064the\u200c DoD still issues a contract to either company, they must explain to Congress why they defied its intent.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2064is important to note\u200c that the Pentagon is not the only federal government entity providing \u200bfunding to the censorship industry. The Daily Wire has \u2063taken legal\u200c action \u2063against the Biden administration&#8217;s\u2062 State\u2063 Department for\u200d its own\u200c funding of censorship technologies.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What \u200bpotential effects could the passage of the provision in the 2024 National \u2062Defense Authorization Act \u2062have on the media landscape \u200band \u200cthe diversity of voices<\/h2>\n<p><span>  N <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/universities-around-the-country-will-host-critical-whiteness-studies-courses\/\" title=\"Universities nationwide to offer 'Critical Whiteness Studies' courses.\">critical\u200b race theory<\/a>\u2063 and the teaching of \u200ccontroversial topics in educational institutions, as well\u2062 as restrictions on the\u2064 use of federal funds for the promotion of abortion.<\/p>\n<p>The inclusion of the provision to prevent the Department\u200d of Defense from \u2062contracting with \u2063companies \u200dthat engage in censorship is seen as \u2063a significant step in the fight against disinformation. Companies \u200blike NewsGuard, which purport to fact-check news outlets, have been criticized for their biased and subjective approach to determining what \u2062is\u200b considered &#8220;trustworthy&#8221; news. This provision aims to \u200bensure\u2062 that\u200d government funding is not used to support or enable \u200csuch \u200dcensorship practices.<\/p>\n<p>The negotiations between the House Armed Services Committee and its Democrat-controlled Senate counterpart required compromise, with several\u200c provisions being removed from the \u200dHouse\u200c version of the bill. However, the provision addressing censorship technology remained intact, demonstrating the commitment of House Republicans\u2062 to combatting censorship and defending freedom of \u200cspeech.<\/p>\n<p>Representative Mike Rogers, the Chairman of the\u200c House Armed Services Committee, expressed his pride in the provision\u2064 and the stance taken by House Republicans.\u200b He emphasized \u200cthe \u2062importance of protecting conservative outlets from attacks and defending freedom of speech against what\u200d he\u200b perceives \u200cas far-left\u2062 overreach from the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bNational Defense Authorization Act is a crucial piece of\u2062 legislation\u200c that provides\u2064 annual funding for\u2064 the military. It also serves as a platform for addressing additional legislative measures that \u200cmay\u2064 not pass \u2064on \u200ctheir own. While the provision \u200btargeting censorship technology is a significant achievement, other provisions \u200caddressing controversial \u2062topics such\u200c as critical race theory and abortion did not make it into the final version of\u200d the bill.<\/p>\n<p>The inclusion of the \u2063provision addressing censorship in the defense bill reflects a growing concern over the influence of biased fact-checking organizations and the\u200c potential suppression of conservative voices. By \u200bensuring that government funds are not used \u2062to support \u2062censorship practices, House Republicans \u200care taking a\u200d stand against\u2063 disinformation and upholding the principles of freedom of speech.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming vote on the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act will determine whether this provision becomes law. If passed, it will serve as a strong statement against censorship and a commitment to defending the \u200cdiversity of voices in the media\u200d landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans have successfully included a clause in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, preventing the Department of Defense from collaborating with disinformation firms like NewsGuard. They assert that the Pentagon should not partake in censoring local news sources. 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