Friday, December 27, 2024

US Government Agency Targeting Foreign Disinformation Shuts Down

The Global Engagement Center (GEC), a State Department unit established in 2016, shuttered on Monday at a time when officials and experts tracking propaganda have been warning of the risk of disinformation campaigns from US adversaries such as Russia and China.

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What a failure by media. The State Dept Global Engagement Center responsible for countering disinformation shut down on Monday and barely any news on this. This was the doing of Republicans who capitalize off of Russian disinformation operations

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-- Olga Lautman (@olgalautman.bsky.social) December 26, 2024 at 12:05 AM

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It is unclear whether there is any remaining federal government entity tasked with collecting and analyzing foreign nation-state propaganda.

There may be some small lines of effort within the US IC, but unlikely to be on the same scale, and intention to publicly share their assessments on the same level, as the now-closed Global Engagement Center.

#1 | Posted by GOnoles92 at 2024-12-26 10:33 PM

... US Government Agency Targeting Foreign Disinformation Shuts Down ...

For the incoming Trump administration, this would be A Good Thing.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-27 08:54 PM

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