The State Department sent a notification to Congress that it plans to terminate an agency accused of censoring conservatives after losing support from lawmakers, according to a court filing and a source familiar with the correspondence.

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The U.S. State Department is planning to close a center that aimed to combat disinformation but ended up targeting some Americans, the U.S. government has announced.
Government lawyers said in a Dec. 9 court filing that the State Department’s Global Engagement Center is likely to be terminated on Dec. 23, absent congressional action.
A funding bill in 2016 provided money for the center for eight years. Congress has not yet acted to extend the fu…

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State Department Closing Center That Worked to Censor Americans

As the Global Engagement Center faces a potential shutdown, the implications for censorship and free speech in America are profound. Discover the unfolding political battle and what it means for the future of government oversight in this critical analysis.

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The Beginning of the End of the Censorship Regime? Global Engagement Center Set to Terminate Without Congressional Authorization

A State Department apparatus that was created to counter violent terrorists abroad, but instead allegedly worked to suppress Americans’ speech, is “substantially likely” to disband on December 23, the department said in a court filing. In February, The Daily Wire sued the State Department along with The Federalist and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over the Global Engagement Center’s relationship with anti-“misinformation” outfits like NewsGu…

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Automatic DOGE: The Global Engagement Center, a State Department 'Disinformation' Arm Set to Sunset

A State Department agency that fights to disrupt disinformation abroad could shut down just as Donald Trump is set to return to the White House.
The Global Engagement Center learned over the weekend that the latest National Defense Authorization Act did not include a multi-year extension for the…

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'Counterintuitive – and dangerous': Agency that fights foreign disinformation may shutter

The far-left State Department's shadowy censorship office is getting squashed after being raked over the coals by Republicans in Congress.

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State Department Closes 'Censorship' Arm Amid Congressional Uproar

Court filings in the case The Daily Wire LLC et al v. United States Department of State et al revealed that the Global Engagement Center (GEC) will likely be terminated on December 23, 2024, a welcome Christmas gift for conservatives who have been victims of the weaponized censorship organization over the last decade. The filing states that “GEC’s statutory authority contains a sunset provision by which, absent further action from Congress, it w…

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Australian National Review - The Beginning of the End of the Censorship Regime? Global Engagement Center Set to Terminate Without Congressional Authorization

By Didi Rankovic | Reclaim The Net | December 12, 2024  The US State Department looks set to shut down the Global Engagement Center (GEC), which has for a long time faced accusations of deviating from its stated role abroad, and instead engaging in, and facilitating censorship at home. This has been revealed in a filing in the Daily Wire v. US Department of State case, in which the latter informed the court that members of Congress were told las…

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State Department to Shut Down Controversial Censorship Hub but Critics May Call It a Rebrand

The U.S. State Department is planning to close a center that aimed to combat disinformation but ended up targeting some Americans. The post State Department Closing Center That Worked to Censor Americans appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.

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