EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans are expanding the scope of their investigation into the Biden administration's alleged ties to 'censorship' and 'disinformation' tracking through a new demand for a trove of records from the StateDept.
EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans are expanding the scope of their investigation into the Biden administration's alleged ties to"censorship" and"disinformation" tracking through a new demand for a trove of records from the State Department.
In September 2022, the State Department's inspector general found that the GEC was both not properly taking steps to thwart foreign threats and vetting how its grants are being used overseas. The GEC was founded in 2016 during the Obama administration, and its first head was then-Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel — now an MSNBC on-air analyst.
"The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits government officials from censoring disfavored speakers and viewpoints," the Republicans wrote in their letter to Blinken."Merely labeling speech 'misinformation' or 'disinformation' does not strip away First Amendment protections, and government officials may not circumvent the First Amendment by inducing, threatening, and/or colluding with private entities to suppress protected speech.
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