Congressional report exposes State Dept. efforts to censor Americans’ lawful speech

The report noted: “The Federal government has funded, developed, and promoted entities that aim to demonetize news and information outlets because of their lawful speech.” It was issued by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business, who referred to a “censorship ecosystem” that infringed on Americans’ First Amendment rights and prevented some small businesses from being competitive in the online space.

The report identifies several entities that took part in the scheme, including the State Department’s Global Engagement Center.

This group not only detected what it claimed was misinformation that needed to be moderated, but they also worked alongside foreign governments to censor speech.

Of course, the Biden administration doesn’t care what is actually true, and they apparently believe that by censoring people’s speech, they can ultimately create a false reality online that promotes their preferred narratives while punishing those who dare to question it.

He pointed out that some of the views that could get a business or publisher censored included the COVID-19 virus being manmade and coming from a lab – something that we now know is true.

According to the report, their actions were a violation of international restrictions and by targeting independent media, “the scales are tipped in favor of outlets which express certain partisan narratives rather than holding the government accountable.” Fact checkers are nothing more than government-supported entities trying to control the narrative University of Illinois international law professor Francis Boyle, J.D., Ph.D., told The Defender that the State Department has been “working to censor those who disagree with U.S. government policies and their globalist agenda.” The publisher of technology news publication The Sociable, Tim Hinchliffe, took a similar stance, asserting: “These so-called ‘fact-checkers’ are not in the business of actually checking facts.

Another fact checker identified by the report was the International Fact-Checking Network, which they claim was funded by the National Endowment for Democracy, which is affiliated with the State Department, along with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Google, and the Open Society Foundations.

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