Rubio Shuts Down State Dept Censorship Apparatus, Eliminating Global Engagement Center Residual Agency

[Swordsmyth]

The State Dept. Global Engagement Center was the epicenter of the Dept of State operation to control speech on social media platforms. Following revelations from within the Twitter Files, and facing increasing scrutiny, the GEC operation was shut down – but the remnants of the operation remained active within the State Dept.


The terms “disinformation, misinformation and malinformation” were weaponized by the State Dept to define speech against their interests and block, deplatform and remove any voices, including in the U.S., they determined were against the interests of the U.S. government. The COVID-19 and vaccine narrative were both examples of speech targeted by the GEC and later the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office (R-FIMI).


Today, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Acting Undersecretary of Public Diplomacy, Darren Beattie, delivered notice to congress the speech and platform control operation has been shut down. Secretary Rubio sat down with Mike Benz to discuss [Transcript Here].

https://youtu.be/UGOPaIkezF8

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio Shuts Down State Dept Censorship Apparatus, Eliminating Global Engagement Center Residual Agency - The Last Refuge

The State Dept. Global Engagement Center was the epicenter of the Dept of State operation to control speech on social media platforms. Following revelations from within the Twitter Files, and facing increasing scrutiny, the GEC operation was shut down – but the remnants of the operation...

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[acptulsa]

Marco freaking Rubio.

Within the first two minutes he basically says, we shut down a program that uses your money to censor you, and will now use your money to spam you.

 

[unknown]

Again good news with a major disclaimer, anything related to criticism of Izrael.

 

[familydog]

It's not out of the realm of possibility that Rubio will end up being Trump's best cabinet pick in the end.