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About

The Disinformation Governance Board is a board set up by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to counter disinformation and misinformation with a focus on countering disinformation related to election interference, misinformation spread by Russia and disinformation about border policies spread by human smugglers targeting migrants traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border crossing. The announcement of the board's creation in late April 2022 inspired criticism from some, including various Republican lawmakers, who compared it to the Ministry of Truth from George Orwell's book 1984 and called the idea of the board an act of communism. Less than a month later in mid-May, it was suddenly announced that the Board would be paused with Jancowicz resigning from her position.

History

On April 27th, 2022, a 2023 budget hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security was held.[1] During the hearing, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is asked what steps they've taken to tackle misinformation and disinformation, specifically in Spanish-language communities and surrounding Russian election fraud.[2] Mayorkas answered, revealing that the DHS has recently set up a "misinformation disinformation governance board" to counter misinfo and disinfo (shown below).

"Our Undersecretary for Policy, Rob Silvers is co-chair with our Principal Deputy General Counsel, Jennifer Gaskell, in leading a just recently constituted misinformation disinformation governance board. […] The goal is to bring the resources of the department together to address this threat."

Nina Jankowicz was announced as the executive director of the board.[4] Formerly, Jankowicz was a fellow at the Wilson Center, author of the book How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict, an advisor to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and oversaw Russia and Belarus programs at the National Democratic Institute.[3] Jankowicz shared the announcement in a series of tweets that day (shown below, left and right).

*** Nina Jankowicz @wiczipedia Cat's out of the bag: here's what I've been up to the past two months, and why I've been a bit quiet on here. Honored to be serving in the Biden Administration @DHSgov and helping shape our counter- disinformation efforts. politico.com/newsletters/pl... ding up a new Disinformation Governance Board to information related to homeland security, focused sj tion and Russia. Nina Jankowicz will head the bo reviously was a disinformation fellow at the Wilson Foreign Ministry as part of the Fulbright Public Polic ussia and Belarus programs at the National Democra pman)
Nina Jankowicz @wiczipedia Here's my official portrait to grab your attention. Now that I've got it: a HUGE focus of our work, and indeed, one of the key reasons the Board was established, is to maintain the Dept's committment to protecting free speech, privacy, civil rights, & civil liberties.! **. U.S.

Jankowicz's Hunter Biden Laptop Tweet

Following the board's announcement, critics began sharing a 2020 tweet[15] from Jankowicz (shown below, left) where she suggested the Hunter Biden Laptop story was a Russian influence op as an example of Jankowicz sharing misinformation herself. On April 27th, 2022, Jankowicz retweeted[16] the post, writing, "For those who believe this tweet is a key to all my views, it is simply a direct quote from both candidates during the final presidential debate. If you look at my timeline, you will see I was livetweeting that evening (shown below, right).

Nina Jankowicz @wiczipedia Back on the "laptop from hell," apparently- Biden notes 50 former natsec officials and 5 former CIA heads that believe the laptop is a Russian influence op. Trump says "Russia, Russia, Russia." 10:18 PM - Oct 22, 2020 - Twitter Web App
Nina Jankowicz @wiczipedia For those who believe this tweet is a key to all my views, it is simply a direct quote from both candidates during the final presidential debate. If you look at my timeline, you will see I was livetweeting that evening. ballotpedia.org/Presidential_d... Nina Jankowicz @wiczipedia - Oct 22, 2020 Back on the "laptop from hell," apparently- Biden notes 50 former natsec officials and 5 former CIA heads that believe the laptop is a Russian influence op. Trump says "Russia, Russia, Russia." 6:09 PM Apr 27, 2022 Twitter for iPhone .

On April 28th, the New York Post[14] published an article about the tweet. That day White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked why the administration was placing Jankowicz at the head of the board, directly mentioning the tweet. Psaki said she had no comment on the laptop and responded, "It sounds like the objective of the board is to prevent disinformation and misinformation from traveling around the country in a range of communities. I'm not sure who opposes that effort" (shown below).

Online Reactions

Criticism

Numerous rightwing influencers, Republican lawmakers and pundits criticized the Disinformation Governance Board, framing it as an afront to free speech. For example, U.S. Senator of Missouri Josh Hawley published a series of tweets[5][6][7] on the day of the announcement criticizing the head of the board, Jankowicz, writing in one, "Rather than police our border, Homeland Security has decided to make policing Americans’ speech its top priority." In that same tweet, Hawley shared screenshots of tweets and social media posts from Jankowicz that suggest she will run the board under a Democratic bias (example shown below, left). In the second tweet, Hawley suggested Jankowicz dislikes Elon Musk, who at the time recently bought Twitter under the guise of making it more free-speech friendly (shown below, right).

Nina Jankowicz @wiczipedia Even better if we owned it and called it "America's systemic racism." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC Sep 29, 2020 Can we please stop calling it "the issue of race" when what we're really discussing is "the issue of racism" 9:57 PM Sep 29, 2020 Twitter Web App ⠀
*** Josh Hawley @HawleyMO The Biden Administration's new anti-speech czar is apparently no fan of the @elonmusk Twitter acquisition. This is the person Joe Biden just put in charge of policing Americans' speech. Using the power of the government ... Nina Jankowicz @wiczipedia Last week I told @NPRMichel: I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists were taking over more platforms, what that would look like for the marginalized communities...which are already shouldering...disproportionate amounts of this abuse." NPR npr.org Women face disproportionate attacks online. One expert sh... NPR's Michel Martin speaks with disinformation researcher Nina Jankowicz about her new book, How to Be a Woman ... 1:29 PM - Apr 25, 2022 Twitter for iPhone 4:07 PM - Apr 27, 2022 Twitter for iPhone

On the same day, Twitter[12] meme page @grandoldmemes posted a meme using the Support The Current Thing and Hand Pointing A Gun memes over Jankowicz's portrait, gaining over 1,100 likes in two days (shown below).

**** ** ** U.S DOLD GRA De MEMES You will support "the current thing"

On April 29th, Hawley retweeted[9] a post from Jankowicz's where she shared a video from her private TikTok page singing a song about disinformation to the tune of the Mary Poppins song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (shown below).

Ministry of Truth / 1984 Comparisons

Some critics of the board compared it to the "Ministry of Truth" from George Orwell's book 1984. In the book, the Ministry of Truth is essentially in charge of falsifying, doctoring and erasing traces of historical events to portray the truth in a government-approved manner, as they want it to be seen by the people. On April 27th, political activist Candace Owens tweeted,[8] "A literal, actual Ministry of Truth. We are now deep in the throes of a Harry Potter novel," gaining over 22,000 likes in two days (shown below).

Candace Owens @RealCandaceO A literal, actual Ministry of Truth. We are now deep in the throes of a Harry Potter novel. Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec - Apr 27 BREAKING: Biden Admin Department of Homeland Security to create a 'Disinformation Governance Board' dedicated to 'countering misinformation' Show this thread

Former politician Tulsi Gabbard also compared the board to the Ministry of Truth during an April 29th Fox News segment. In the segment, Sean Hannity asked her, "how do you feel about the Ministry of Truth?" to which she responded, "This is the kind of thing you see in dictatorships" and called it the "department of propaganda" (shown below). She shared the clip on Twitter[13] that day, gaining over 54,000 likes in under 24 hours.

On April 29th, Twitter[10][11] meme page @grandoldmemes posted several memes comparing the Disinformation Governance Board to 1984, including one labeling Jankowicz and Mayorkas as Big Brothers that received over 1,700 likes in under a day (shown below, left) and one showing Bart Simpson writing "2+2=5" over and over on the blackboard, a reference to the 1984 quote, "In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it," gaining over 7,600 likes in a comparable span of time (shown below, right).

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2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=522 5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+ 2 3 5 MATT GROENING Disinfo Gov Board 1984 ORWELL @GRANDOLDMEMES 11 10 9 m 8 7 21 10 6 1 31 5 2 - w 4 ។

Pause Of Disinformation Governance Board

On May 18th, 2022, Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz broke the story that the Disinformation Governance Board had been paused and Nina Jancowicz had resigned from her position as its leader.[17] In the Washington Post article, Lorenz described a "coordinated online attack" against Jancowicz by rightwing influencers and politicians, which mischaracterized the scope and function of the board. Lorenz's article emphasized the personal nature of the attacks and the death threats that Jancowicz received, identifying "vilification" as a core tactic of disinformation campaigns.

Sources quoted in the piece blamed the Biden administration for an inadequate response and pointed out the irony of a "disinformation governance board" folding because of a purported disinformation campaign against Janowicz.

Many online rejoiced at the pause of the disinformation governance board while expressing frustration with Lorenz and what they viewed as biased journalism. Both Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and journalist Glenn Greenwald posted tweets criticizing Lorenz's tone while praising her for scoring a scoop that garnered thousands of likes.

Other posters expressed similar anger against Lorenz and the WaPo piece while rejoicing at the pause of the Disinformation Governance Board.

Search Interest

External References

[1] Homeland Security Today – DHS Standing Up Disinformation Governance Board Led by Information Warfare Expert

[2] AP News – Disinformation board to tackle Russia, migrant smugglers

[3] Newsweek – Who Is Nina Jankowicz? Head of Joe Biden's Disinformation Governance Board

[4] Politico – POLITICO Playbook

[5] Twitter – Hawley

[6] Twitter – Hawley

[7] Twitter – Hawley

[8] Twitter – candace owens

[9] Twitter – Hawley

[10] Twitter – grandoldmemes

[11] Twitter – grandoldmemes

[12] Twitter – grandoldmemes

[13] Twitter – TulsiGabbard

[14] NYP – WH pick for Big Brother-like disinformation board spread lie about Hunter Biden laptop

[15] Twitter – wiczipedia

[16] Twitter – wiczipedia

[17] Washington Post – How the Biden administration let right-wing attacks derail its disinformation effort

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About

The Disinformation Governance Board is a board set up by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to counter disinformation and misinformation with a focus on countering disinformation related to election interference, misinformation spread by Russia and disinformation about border policies spread by human smugglers targeting migrants traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border crossing. The announcement of the board's creation in late April 2022 inspired criticism from some, including various Republican lawmakers, who compared it to the Ministry of Truth from George Orwell's book 1984 and called the idea of the board an act of communism. Less than a month later in mid-May, it was suddenly announced that the Board would be paused with Jancowicz resigning from her position.

History

On April 27th, 2022, a 2023 budget hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security was held.[1] During the hearing, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is asked what steps they've taken to tackle misinformation and disinformation, specifically in Spanish-language communities and surrounding Russian election fraud.[2] Mayorkas answered, revealing that the DHS has recently set up a "misinformation disinformation governance board" to counter misinfo and disinfo (shown below).


"Our Undersecretary for Policy, Rob Silvers is co-chair with our Principal Deputy General Counsel, Jennifer Gaskell, in leading a just recently constituted misinformation disinformation governance board. […] The goal is to bring the resources of the department together to address this threat."

Nina Jankowicz was announced as the executive director of the board.[4] Formerly, Jankowicz was a fellow at the Wilson Center, author of the book How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict, an advisor to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and oversaw Russia and Belarus programs at the National Democratic Institute.[3] Jankowicz shared the announcement in a series of tweets that day (shown below, left and right).


*** Nina Jankowicz @wiczipedia Cat's out of the bag: here's what I've been up to the past two months, and why I've been a bit quiet on here. Honored to be serving in the Biden Administration @DHSgov and helping shape our counter- disinformation efforts. politico.com/newsletters/pl... ding up a new Disinformation Governance Board to information related to homeland security, focused sj tion and Russia. Nina Jankowicz will head the bo reviously was a disinformation fellow at the Wilson Foreign Ministry as part of the Fulbright Public Polic ussia and Belarus programs at the National Democra pman) Nina Jankowicz @wiczipedia Here's my official portrait to grab your attention. Now that I've got it: a HUGE focus of our work, and indeed, one of the key reasons the Board was established, is to maintain the Dept's committment to protecting free speech, privacy, civil rights, & civil liberties.! **. U.S.

Jankowicz's Hunter Biden Laptop Tweet

Following the board's announcement, critics began sharing a 2020 tweet[15] from Jankowicz (shown below, left) where she suggested the Hunter Biden Laptop story was a Russian influence op as an example of Jankowicz sharing misinformation herself. On April 27th, 2022, Jankowicz retweeted[16] the post, writing, "For those who believe this tweet is a key to all my views, it is simply a direct quote from both candidates during the final presidential debate. If you look at my timeline, you will see I was livetweeting that evening (shown below, right).


Nina Jankowicz @wiczipedia Back on the "laptop from hell," apparently- Biden notes 50 former natsec officials and 5 former CIA heads that believe the laptop is a Russian influence op. Trump says "Russia, Russia, Russia." 10:18 PM - Oct 22, 2020 - Twitter Web App Nina Jankowicz @wiczipedia For those who believe this tweet is a key to all my views, it is simply a direct quote from both candidates during the final presidential debate. If you look at my timeline, you will see I was livetweeting that evening. ballotpedia.org/Presidential_d... Nina Jankowicz @wiczipedia - Oct 22, 2020 Back on the "laptop from hell," apparently- Biden notes 50 former natsec officials and 5 former CIA heads that believe the laptop is a Russian influence op. Trump says "Russia, Russia, Russia." 6:09 PM Apr 27, 2022 Twitter for iPhone .

On April 28th, the New York Post[14] published an article about the tweet. That day White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked why the administration was placing Jankowicz at the head of the board, directly mentioning the tweet. Psaki said she had no comment on the laptop and responded, "It sounds like the objective of the board is to prevent disinformation and misinformation from traveling around the country in a range of communities. I'm not sure who opposes that effort" (shown below).


Online Reactions

Criticism

Numerous rightwing influencers, Republican lawmakers and pundits criticized the Disinformation Governance Board, framing it as an afront to free speech. For example, U.S. Senator of Missouri Josh Hawley published a series of tweets[5][6][7] on the day of the announcement criticizing the head of the board, Jankowicz, writing in one, "Rather than police our border, Homeland Security has decided to make policing Americans’ speech its top priority." In that same tweet, Hawley shared screenshots of tweets and social media posts from Jankowicz that suggest she will run the board under a Democratic bias (example shown below, left). In the second tweet, Hawley suggested Jankowicz dislikes Elon Musk, who at the time recently bought Twitter under the guise of making it more free-speech friendly (shown below, right).


Nina Jankowicz @wiczipedia Even better if we owned it and called it "America's systemic racism." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC Sep 29, 2020 Can we please stop calling it "the issue of race" when what we're really discussing is "the issue of racism" 9:57 PM Sep 29, 2020 Twitter Web App ⠀ *** Josh Hawley @HawleyMO The Biden Administration's new anti-speech czar is apparently no fan of the @elonmusk Twitter acquisition. This is the person Joe Biden just put in charge of policing Americans' speech. Using the power of the government ... Nina Jankowicz @wiczipedia Last week I told @NPRMichel: I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists were taking over more platforms, what that would look like for the marginalized communities...which are already shouldering...disproportionate amounts of this abuse." NPR npr.org Women face disproportionate attacks online. One expert sh... NPR's Michel Martin speaks with disinformation researcher Nina Jankowicz about her new book, How to Be a Woman ... 1:29 PM - Apr 25, 2022 Twitter for iPhone 4:07 PM - Apr 27, 2022 Twitter for iPhone

On the same day, Twitter[12] meme page @grandoldmemes posted a meme using the Support The Current Thing and Hand Pointing A Gun memes over Jankowicz's portrait, gaining over 1,100 likes in two days (shown below).


**** ** ** U.S DOLD GRA De MEMES You will support "the current thing"

On April 29th, Hawley retweeted[9] a post from Jankowicz's where she shared a video from her private TikTok page singing a song about disinformation to the tune of the Mary Poppins song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (shown below).


Ministry of Truth / 1984 Comparisons

Some critics of the board compared it to the "Ministry of Truth" from George Orwell's book 1984. In the book, the Ministry of Truth is essentially in charge of falsifying, doctoring and erasing traces of historical events to portray the truth in a government-approved manner, as they want it to be seen by the people. On April 27th, political activist Candace Owens tweeted,[8] "A literal, actual Ministry of Truth. We are now deep in the throes of a Harry Potter novel," gaining over 22,000 likes in two days (shown below).


Candace Owens @RealCandaceO A literal, actual Ministry of Truth. We are now deep in the throes of a Harry Potter novel. Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec - Apr 27 BREAKING: Biden Admin Department of Homeland Security to create a 'Disinformation Governance Board' dedicated to 'countering misinformation' Show this thread

Former politician Tulsi Gabbard also compared the board to the Ministry of Truth during an April 29th Fox News segment. In the segment, Sean Hannity asked her, "how do you feel about the Ministry of Truth?" to which she responded, "This is the kind of thing you see in dictatorships" and called it the "department of propaganda" (shown below). She shared the clip on Twitter[13] that day, gaining over 54,000 likes in under 24 hours.



On April 29th, Twitter[10][11] meme page @grandoldmemes posted several memes comparing the Disinformation Governance Board to 1984, including one labeling Jankowicz and Mayorkas as Big Brothers that received over 1,700 likes in under a day (shown below, left) and one showing Bart Simpson writing "2+2=5" over and over on the blackboard, a reference to the 1984 quote, "In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it," gaining over 7,600 likes in a comparable span of time (shown below, right).


S MEM BIG BROTHERS 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=522 5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+2=5 2+ 2 3 5 MATT GROENING Disinfo Gov Board 1984 ORWELL @GRANDOLDMEMES 11 10 9 m 8 7 21 10 6 1 31 5 2 - w 4 ។

Pause Of Disinformation Governance Board

On May 18th, 2022, Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz broke the story that the Disinformation Governance Board had been paused and Nina Jancowicz had resigned from her position as its leader.[17] In the Washington Post article, Lorenz described a "coordinated online attack" against Jancowicz by rightwing influencers and politicians, which mischaracterized the scope and function of the board. Lorenz's article emphasized the personal nature of the attacks and the death threats that Jancowicz received, identifying "vilification" as a core tactic of disinformation campaigns.


Sources quoted in the piece blamed the Biden administration for an inadequate response and pointed out the irony of a "disinformation governance board" folding because of a purported disinformation campaign against Janowicz.


Many online rejoiced at the pause of the disinformation governance board while expressing frustration with Lorenz and what they viewed as biased journalism. Both Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and journalist Glenn Greenwald posted tweets criticizing Lorenz's tone while praising her for scoring a scoop that garnered thousands of likes.


Other posters expressed similar anger against Lorenz and the WaPo piece while rejoicing at the pause of the Disinformation Governance Board.


Search Interest

External References

[1] Homeland Security Today – DHS Standing Up Disinformation Governance Board Led by Information Warfare Expert

[2] AP News – Disinformation board to tackle Russia, migrant smugglers

[3] Newsweek – Who Is Nina Jankowicz? Head of Joe Biden's Disinformation Governance Board

[4] Politico – POLITICO Playbook

[5] Twitter – Hawley

[6] Twitter – Hawley

[7] Twitter – Hawley

[8] Twitter – candace owens

[9] Twitter – Hawley

[10] Twitter – grandoldmemes

[11] Twitter – grandoldmemes

[12] Twitter – grandoldmemes

[13] Twitter – TulsiGabbard

[14] NYP – WH pick for Big Brother-like disinformation board spread lie about Hunter Biden laptop

[15] Twitter – wiczipedia

[16] Twitter – wiczipedia

[17] Washington Post – How the Biden administration let right-wing attacks derail its disinformation effort

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Well aware this is specifically to target Trafficking at the border and so called Russian (or Foreign) misinformation influence over the political system. But, the reality is, as an extension of the DHS, to put the power of what is and isn't proper information in the hands of a department that has been riddled with criticisms of abuse of powers, to ineffectualness, to severe breach of individual civil rights, is dangerous. But for all of those people who support this just remember: When a Trump-like figure is once again in power, they will have the power to control this department. They will control what is and isn't misinformation. Remember, whatever power you grant to the state will inevitably expand, and be abused by your worst enemies.

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