Lauren C. Moye, FISM News
A new whistleblower document shows that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is targeting ‘disinformation’ and ‘misinformation’ as election crimes this year, hinting that the Biden administration learned nothing from the disastrous and short-lived Disinformation Governance Board.
The FBI ‘social media analysis cheat sheet’ was publicly shared on Thursday by Project Veritas, after receiving it from a whistleblower. The document advises agents that ‘disinformation’ and ‘misinformation’ are both possible election-related crimes.
According to the document, disinformation is “false or inaccurate information intended to mislead others” by confusing, tricking, or upsetting the public.
Meanwhile, misinformation is “false or misleading information spread mistakenly or unintentionally.”
BREAKING: From Project Veritas! FBI Whistleblower Leaks Document Showing Agency Targeting ‘Misinformation’ Under ‘Election Crimes’ Ahead of 2022 Midterm Elections!! pic.twitter.com/AXezUKLPzb
— Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) October 27, 2022
The inclusion of these possible crimes hints that nobody at the FBI took very good notes on the public fall-out from the announcement of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) short-lived Disinformation Governance Board.
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