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US State Dept Settles Free Speech Suppression Lawsuit
A federal agency spent taxpayer money telling Americans which news outlets to trust, and it took three years of litigation to make it stop.
US Formally Confirms Shut Down of Counter-Disinformation Frameworks After Censorship Accusations
Once a war room for supposedly battling Russian bots, now a relic of bureaucratic overreach and mission creep.
US Withdraws From Biden-Era Global “Disinformation” Agreements
The shutdown marks a rare admission that fighting “disinformation” too often meant silencing inconvenient truths.
Rubio Leads Crackdown on Foreign Censors With Visa Bans
Rubio’s State Department draws a red line at the border for foreign censors who demand online censorship.
Key Group in Government-Linked Censorship Network Boasted of Defunding News Outlets
The real triumph wasn’t in foreign policy but in rebranding domestic censorship as national security strategy.
Former GEC Head Defends Disbanded Agency’s Role in Social Media Oversight, Dismisses Censorship Claims
Rubin clings to Cold War scripts as cover for a censorship regime that couldn’t survive sunlight.
Marco Rubio Reveals Biden-Era State Department Compiled Dossiers on Americans for “Disinformation”
A government tool built to fight foreign propaganda ended up keeping receipts on its own citizens.
Former Biden “Disinfo” Board Chief Urges EU to Resist Criticism on Censorship Laws
In Strasbourg, Jankowicz rewrites the script, casting Washington as the villain in Europe’s censorship push.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio Shuts Down US Censorship Agency Remnants
What began as a shield against foreign lies became a scalpel for trimming domestic dissent.
Documents Reveal Government-Backed Censorship Network Involving GEC, USAID, and Private Media Firms
Government-backed censorship tools extended far beyond foreign disinformation, shaping domestic narratives with the help of private media enforcers.
The Rebranding of a Censorship Unit
Despite Congress’s efforts to dismantle the GEC, its core operations appear intact under a new name and nearly identical mission.
State Department Rebrands Defunded Global Engagement Center Into New Counter-Disinformation Hub
A new State Department unit emerges under scrutiny, inheriting millions in funding from its defunct predecessor.
