Biden-Harris admin officials taking advice from foreign governments on policing speech: lawmaker
A newly released tranche of documents shows senior Biden-Harris administration officials gained pointers from British “disinformation” officials about partnering with social media companies and establishing an all-of-government effort for fighting disfavored content that includes elections and COVID-19. The revelation, which comes as Congress investigates potential censorship efforts by the executive branch in the lead-up to the 2024 election, has prompted a House Republican to propose legislation to prevent U.S.
tax money going to countries that regulate online speech.The National Security Council held a private meeting with the U.K.government’s Counter Disinformation Unit on Aug.
21, 2021.The Counter Disinformation Unit is part of the British government’s Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.America First Legal, a conservative watchdog group, obtained a slide deck shown at the meeting through a larger Freedom of Information Act lawsuit with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The slides were part of hundreds of pages of documents obtained from the CDC.The document release comes shortly after Rep.Nancy Mace, R-S.C., chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, wrote President Biden and Vice President Harris to request information on suppression campaigns the administration might be engaged in regarding political speech.Mace is also pushing free speech abroad.
Last week, she introduced the No Funds for Fascists Act, a proposal to prohibit taxpayer funds from assisting foreign governments that abridge free speech and bars aid to governments that coerce social media platforms or news outlets to block speech.The NSC meeting with the British unit was “over-the-top,” Mace said.“The Biden-Harris administration is so desperate to control speech and information they’re actually taking advice from foreign governments on how to violate our core constitutional rig...