Posted on 05/01/2022 4:28:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on “Fox News Sunday” that the agency’s new disinformation board will not infringe on U.S. citizens’ free speech rights.
The department announced the creation of the Disinformation Governance Board to counter misinformation and disinformation, particularly focusing on disinformation coming from Russia and misleading rhetoric about the U.S.-Mexico border. The secretary said the board is in place to address misinformation that threatens national security.
“We address disinformation that presents a security threat to the homeland,” he said. “Disinformation from Russia, from China, from Iran, from the cartels. The cartels spread misinformation that Title 42 does not apply to the Haitians, and that prompts, potentially, Haitians to try to come to the United States, and what do we do?”
“This is a working group that takes best practices to make sure that in addressing disinformation that presents a threat to the homeland, our work does not infringe on free speech, does not infringe on civil rights, civil liberties. It’s not about speech, it’s about the connectivity to violence.”
He said an individual has the First Amendment right to make an anti-semitic remark but is not permitted to hold hostages in a synagogue, referencing an incident in January where a man held four hostages inside a Dallas, Texas synagogue.
“Fox News Sunday” host Bret Baier then asked Mayorkas about the concerns surrounding President Joe Biden’s appointee to lead the board, Nina Jankowicz, who previously attempted to discredit Hunter Biden’s laptop story and claimed the Steele dossier was funded by Republicans in a 2017 tweet. (RELATED: ‘Discomforting’: Elon Musk Reacts To The DHS’ New Disinformation Governance Board)
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AKA "Pre-crime."
It’s about....none of your business....
If they so much as erase a single word they are in violation of the First Amendment!
Anyone who believes this, stand on your head.
Then you don’t need a board !!!!!
Oh. Okay. I feel better hearing him say it. I am not worried anymore.
However Conservatives are not allowed free speech because they transmit the wrong information.
Words that Mayorkas doesn’t know the Defintion of :
Disinformation
Will Not
Infringe
Free
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it’s disinformation , LOL
He is probably telling the truth. Because they are going to let you exercise all the free speech you like, then come seize all your assets for doing it.
Of course it will! How can it not?
I think what he is trying to say is they plan to eliminate free speech.
What is not clear is whether or not they intend to kill their idea opponents.
“The cartels spread misinformation that Title 42 does not apply to the Haitians, and that prompts, potentially, Haitians to try to come to the United States, and what do we do?”
Here’s a crazy thought. Put out official statements that say the border is closed to Haitians and everybody else who doesn’t have a pre-approved VISA. Don’t let them in. Return any who sneak in. Defeat false info with good info and back it up with action.
Wonder how the disinformation board scum will handle the biggest lie of all time about global warming?
“Mayorkas Says Disinformation Board Will Not ‘Infringe On Free Speech’”
The first BIG LIE from them under their new moniker.
Its not the government’s business.
All we need is Tom Cruise and three empathetic psychics…
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