Rubio ends controversial State Department hub tracking foreign disinformation
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the closure of the State Department unit on Wednesday.
- Conservatives had long criticized the Global Engagement Center for alleged censorship of conservative viewpoints.
- The office, also known as R/FIMI, aimed to counter disinformation from nations like Russia, China, and Iran.
- In 2023, Elon Musk called the center the "worst offender in US government censorship media manipulation".
- The closure leaves the State Department without a dedicated office for countering foreign disinformation, raising concerns.
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Writing in The Federalist this week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio brags that he is protecting freedom of speech by ending his department's misbegotten crusade against "disinformation." Yet Rubio is simultaneously undermining freedom of speech by targeting anti-Israel activists for deportation because he deems their opinions harmful to U.S. foreign policy interests. More generally, Rubio's ringing defense of First Amendment rights is hard to ta…
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Writing in The Federalist this week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio brags that he is protecting freedom of speech by ending his department's misbegotten crusade against "disinformation." Yet Rubio is simultaneously undermining freedom of speech by targeting anti-Israel activists for deportation…
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Trump administration shutters State Department office accused of censorship - Conservative Journal Review
The Trump administration's recent decision to dismantle the State Department's Global Engagement Center (GEC) marks a significant change in the federal approach to handling online information and "disinformation." Trump's decision stems from controversy and legal challenges over the GEC's alleged role in censoring conservative viewpoints, prompting concerns about freedom of speech, as the Daily Caller reports. The GEC, established in 2016 by the…
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