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DHS officials created a 'disinformation group' at Stanford University to help censor Americans' speech on social media ahead of the 2020 election
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Posted on 11/07/2023 9:29:03 AM PST by algore

The Department of Homeland Security partnered with Stanford University and other colleges to create a 'disinformation group' to censor speech leading up to the 2020 election, new emails reveal.

The Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) was created in July 2020, and consisted of members from the Stanford Internet Observatory, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, Graphika, and the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, according to a new report from the House Judiciary Committee and released Monday evening.

'[T]he federal government and universities pressured social media companies to censor true information, jokes, and political opinions,' the report said of the partnership.

Emails and internal communications obtained by the House Judiciary Committee show how the group worked to flag, censor and remove speech online.

'I know the Council has a number of efforts on broad policy around the elections, but we just set up an election integrity partnership at the request of DHS/CISA and are in weekly comms to debrief about disinfo,' the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab's senior director Graham Brookie wrote in an email.

The report said the partnership's effort was directed at Republicans and conservatives by labeling information they posted as 'misinformation,' while information posted by Democrats and liberals was largely untouched.

They alleged the partnership was used to 'censor Americans engaged in core political speech in the lead up to the 2020 election.'

'The pseudoscience of disinformation is now – and has always been – nothing more than a political ruse most frequently targeted at communities and individuals holding views contrary to the prevailing narratives,' the report said.

Emails in the report showed DHS Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Brian Scully told members of the Office of the Colorado Secretary of State that he had flagged parody accounts to Twitter.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arrestbrianscully; atlanticcouncil; brianscully; brookie; defunddhs; defundstanford; dhssedition; disinformation; eip; electioninterference; freespeech; ftx; grahambrookie; hillaryclinton; pelosi; rip; stanfordu; stanforduniversity; ucalifornia

1 posted on 11/07/2023 9:29:03 AM PST by algore
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To: algore

But, the election wasn’t “rigged” or anything...


2 posted on 11/07/2023 9:30:55 AM PST by SomeCallMeTim
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To: algore

Censorship by proxy....................


3 posted on 11/07/2023 9:31:09 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: algore

Censor the antisemitism.


4 posted on 11/07/2023 9:34:34 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: algore

Fighting disGroupThink


5 posted on 11/07/2023 9:35:50 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: algore; Liz; LS; SunkenCiv; Red Badger

Oh. Nothing to see here.

Perfectly moral and ethical behavior in a free world with a Free Press with “Free Speech for me, nothing for thee.”


6 posted on 11/07/2023 9:54:45 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: algore

And Trumps reelection was not stolen???!!!


7 posted on 11/07/2023 10:07:14 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: algore

Whose administration was that again?


8 posted on 11/07/2023 10:21:28 AM PST by Luke21
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To: algore

Jokes are disinformation?

I’d like to see the guidelines on how that determ8nation was made.


9 posted on 11/07/2023 10:28:51 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Luke21

the non-elected one


10 posted on 11/07/2023 10:31:27 AM PST by algore
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To: algore

Even these revelations are only a “Limited Hangout”.

The over 100K anons that were suspended from Twitter on that January 6th, were already shadow banned, and STILL have not been allowed to return, despite appeals.

Censorship has taken a small exposure hit or two, but remains solidly in place.

Elections are first stolen by what lies are reported and what truths are suppressed.

The “votes” reported later, are adjusted as needed to support the narrative.


11 posted on 11/07/2023 11:25:17 AM PST by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGA- )
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To: algore

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12 posted on 11/07/2023 12:48:16 PM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: algore

The Graphica operation noted in the story likely advised Bud Light on how to increase sales.


13 posted on 11/07/2023 1:10:01 PM PST by Bookshelf
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To: SomeCallMeTim

Nope.....repeat ‘there was no cheating’, there was no ballot box stuffing, machines worked perfectly, Joe won election fair and square. And, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the tooth fairy are all real. Nope, election wasn’t rigged!

Baloney. Disgraceful that so many, including many in GOP, were/are so afraid to talk about this. Also, afraid to call out the ongoing persecution of Donald Trump.

Don’t recall hearing any reporter ask Dems, RINOs, media exactly WHY they HATE Donald Trump. It started on day one of his announcing his candidacy....he hadn’t been elected or enacted policies. WHY do they HATE him??


14 posted on 11/07/2023 4:34:34 PM PST by 4integrity
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FTX sues SBF’s parents, alleges they funneled millions to Stanford, other ‘pet causes’
SF Gate ^ | 9/19/2023 | By Alex Shultz
Posted on 9/19/2023, 4:04:10 PM by NohSpinZone

Longtime Stanford University professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried — the parents of Sam Bankman-Fried — were sued by the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency company FTX on Monday. In the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Delaware, the couple is accused of using FTX funds to enrich themselves and give to their “pet causes,” including millions of dollars in donations to Stanford....


15 posted on 12/31/2023 2:04:53 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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