Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

FBI Confirms It’s Restarting Online Censorship Efforts Ahead Of 2024 Election
The Federalist ^ | MAY 08, 2024 | SHAWN FLEETWOOD

Posted on 05/08/2024 2:05:09 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

On Monday, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told reporters that federal agencies such as the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) restarted discussions with Big Tech platforms. According to NextGov/FCW, this coordination will focus on “removing disinformation on their sites as the November presidential election nears.” Warner claimed these talks resumed in March, around the same time oral arguments in Murthy v. Missouri — which centers on the feds’ censorship efforts — were heard before the U.S. Supreme Court.

When pressed on the validity of Warner’s remarks, an FBI representative confirmed to The Federalist that the agency has resumed communications with social media companies ahead of the 2024 election.

“The FBI remains committed to combatting foreign malign influence operations, including in connection with our elections. That effort includes sharing specific foreign threat information with state and local election officials and private sector companies when appropriate and rigorously consistent with the law,” the representative claimed. “In coordination with the Department of Justice, the FBI recently implemented procedures to facilitate sharing information about foreign malign influence with social media companies in a way that reinforces that private companies are free to decide on their own whether and how to take action on that information.”

CISA External Affairs Specialist Tess Hyre declined The Federalist’s request for comment on whether the agency has resumed discussions with social media companies to combat what it claims to be “disinformation,” but she said that CISA Director Jen Easterly will be participating in an “Election Security” hearing in “the coming weeks.”

Neither the FBI nor CISA responded when pressed on when they restarted communications with social media companies on efforts to remove posts containing so-called “disinformation” from their platforms. The FBI and CISA...

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arrestmayorkas; arrestwraytoday; censorship; cisa; defunddhs; defundthefbi; destroythefbi; dhs; dhssedition; dissent; fbi; fbisedition; freespeech; jeneasterly; policestate; tesshyre; tyranny
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-31 last
To: E. Pluribus Unum
democrats rightly realize their constituents are essentially ignorant of reality.

Thus, they ass-ume, sometimes correctly, republican constituents are oblivious as well.

21 posted on 05/08/2024 3:29:03 PM PDT by chief lee runamok ( Le Flâneur @Large)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

The FBI needs to be brought up on RICO charges when Trump is elected.


22 posted on 05/08/2024 3:29:45 PM PDT by Gaffer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

The “disinformation” of the 2020 campaign turned out to be far more reliable than the “information” the commies put forth.


23 posted on 05/08/2024 3:34:24 PM PDT by gitmo (If your biography doesn't match your theology, what good is it?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Russia Russia Russia...


24 posted on 05/08/2024 3:35:43 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ridesthemiles

He is not related to john


25 posted on 05/08/2024 9:01:57 PM PDT by joshua c
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

26 posted on 05/08/2024 10:33:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Welcome to 1984

Removing what we say disinformation is


27 posted on 05/09/2024 8:07:41 AM PDT by Vaduz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum
When pressed on the validity of Warner’s remarks, an FBI representative confirmed to The Federalist that the agency has resumed communications with social media companies ahead of the 2024 election.

If the MSM gives them a problem about this they'll get cut off...

28 posted on 05/09/2024 8:34:50 AM PDT by GOPJ (Takes 6 to 9 months to 'organize' a nationwide protest.This one was organized after October 7th...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Vaduz

“Malinformation” is the worst, information that is true but contradicts the official feral government narrative.


29 posted on 05/09/2024 8:45:00 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

There should be no censorship in a free society.


30 posted on 05/09/2024 8:47:20 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Official feral government narrative

That’s what makes me concerned abut facts = DEEP STATE


31 posted on 05/09/2024 12:36:45 PM PDT by Vaduz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-31 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson