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group that the author, former U.S. Agency for International Development official Tim Meisburger, argued “needs oversight and reform” due to it being “staffed almost entirely by Democrats.” The, the NED made grants totaling $545,750 between 2020 and 2021 to the Global Disinformation Index , a British organization that compiles a list of ‘risky’ online platforms that advertisers should avoid,” Meisburger wrote in the report.
“According to Kaminsky, in addition to developing disinformation ‘tools,’ the NED made direct grants to a British group that sought to promote leftwing publishers in the United States while working to suppress conservative publishers,” Meisburger wrote in the report. “The NED’s interest in the control of speech both in the U.S. and abroad suggests its priority is promoting a particular political message and ideology rather than facilitating an open and democratic environment where all people can freely express their political ideas,” Meisburger argued, highlighting the NED’s board members, who are both Democrats and Republicans.
“Congress should fold the NED’s appropriation into the U.S. Department of State and USAID international affairs budget,” Meisburger said. “Because the NED duplicates existing government grant-making and diplomatic capacity, Congress should reconsider its annual appropriation. If appropriators wish to maintain current levels of ‘democracy’ funding, these funds can be easily reprogrammed through government agencies and the NED institutes already funded for the same purposes.
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