Nonilex<p>An hour after staff were informed, Secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> published a blog announcing the news on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Federalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federalist</span></a>, one of the outlets that sued <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GEC</span></a> over allegations of *censorship*. He then discussed in an interview w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a> Internet personality <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeBenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeBenz</span></a> plans for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarrenBeattie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarrenBeattie</span></a> to lead a “transparency effort.”</p><p>“What we have to do now—& Darren will be big involved in that…is…document what happened…because…people who were harmed deserve to know…,& be able to prove…they were harmed.”</p>
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Nonilex<p>Both <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GEC</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFIMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFIMI</span></a>, its pared-down successor office, focused on tracking & countering foreign <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> efforts from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>, among others, but GEC was frequently accused—& was even sued—by *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a>* critics who claimed that it enabled *censorship* of conservative Americans’ views. A judge threw out one of those claims against GEC in 2022 (while finding that other parts of the Biden admin did exert undue pressure on tech platforms).</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The document, dated March 11, 2025, focuses specifically on records & communications from the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference (R/FIMI) Hub, a small office in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept’s Office of Public Diplomacy that tracked & countered foreign <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> campaigns; it was created after the Global Engagement Center (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GEC</span></a>), which had the same mission, shut down at the end of 2024. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> Technology Review broke the news earlier this month that R/FIMI would be shuttered.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Steve Thompson PhD<p>US agency focused on foreign disinformation shuts down<br><a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/26/us-agency-focused-on-foreign-disinformation-shuts-down/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hongkongfp.com/2024/12/26/us-a</span><span class="invisible">gency-focused-on-foreign-disinformation-shuts-down/</span></a></p><p>The Global Engagement Center, 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. Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DISINFORMATION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DISINFORMATION</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GEC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PROPAGANDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PROPAGANDA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KEWLNEWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KEWLNEWS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PRESS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PRESS</span></a></p>
Tuta<p>Tomorrow is Global Encryption Day! 🥳🎉 Celebrate with us and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/win" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>win</span></a> ONE year of Legend for free!!! 🎁</p><p>Can you guess how many % of Tuta emails are sent end-to-end encrypted? Comment below! 🔒</p><p>We'll announce the numbers and the one who guessed it on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GEC</span></a> Day. ❤️</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GED2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GED2023</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalEncryptionDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalEncryptionDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Win" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Win</span></a></p>
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