“Congress needs to act in the weeks ahead to ensure that it – and nothing like it – can ever be created again in the future.”
Public awareness is what prompted the DHS to pause its new Disinformation Governance Board, but Democrats might try to bring it back in other forms unless Congress acts, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) warned Wednesday.
The outcry against the board began after Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas referenced it in passing during a House subcommittee hearing last month. On Wednesday, the White House confirmed that the board has been paused – but, that its work to combat so-called “misinformation” and “disinformation” would still be performed by other (unnamed) DHS entities.
“I’m glad to know that this Orwellian Ministry of Truth is at least paused for the moment, but I think it’s important to realize that it’s only paused because the American people found out about it,” Sen. Cotton said in an appearance on Fox News Channel’s America Reports.
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