Nina Jankowicz thinks disinfo board would help ‘address’ mass shootings: ‘Disinformation plays a role’
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Republican Senators Chuck Grassley and Josh Hawley are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to provide additional details on how it planned to coordinate its highly controversial disinformation board with social media companies to remove user content after a whistleblower provided them with key documents about the board.
The public first learned about the Disinformation Governance Board when DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spoke of it during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing in April. This was two days after news broke of a deal for Elon Musk to purchase Twitter, which drew concern from the left that a lack of censorship would lead to the spread of false information.
The disclosure ignited a wave of public backlash, forcing the DHS to put the board on pause and its appointed leader, Nina Jankowicz, to resign. Particular criticism was aimed at Jankowicz, a Wilson Center global fellow who had previously pushed information later found to be false or misleading, and engaging in sharply partisan advocacy online. In a press conference announcing the pause, Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the board's "work doesn't stop."
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