U.S. advisers say no need for Disinformation Governance Board

By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Advisers to the U.S. Homeland Safety Division mentioned there was no want for the Disinformation Governance Board created by President Joe Biden’s administration earlier this 12 months.

The advice from a Homeland Safety Advisory Council subcommittee comes two months after Nina Jankowicz, the top of Biden’s disinformation-fighting advisory group, resigned.

The board’s creation provoked criticism from right-wing critics of Biden and skepticism from some specialists, who felt a authorities company shouldn’t be answerable for tackling disinformation for the reason that authorities itself is commonly accused of wrongdoing.

The White Home didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark late on Monday.

The Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) mentioned on the time that the board was being “grossly and deliberately mischaracterized” and that it was not about censorship or policing speech.

DHS mentioned the board was meant to advise the federal government on combat lies unfold by, for instance, overseas international locations similar to Russia or China, or human traffickers.

DHS mentioned in Might it was pausing the board’s exercise pending a “thorough evaluation.”

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; further reporting by Alexandra Alper; Modifying by Stephen Coates)