The federal government allegedly collaborated with “media censorship organizations” to manipulate public discourse from 2016
Elon Musk has described as “crazy” a federal initiative which allegedly sought to silence US citizens under the guise of fighting foreign disinformation. The Global Engagement Center (GEC), which was part of the US State Department, was launched in 2016 under President Barack Obama and operated until its closure in December 2024.
The GEC was the subject of an investigation by the conservative advocacy group America First Legal (AFL) published on Thursday. The report scrutinized GEC communications with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and various “media censorship organizations,” including Poynter and NewsGuard — both of which brand themselves as watchdogs against misinformation.
According to AFL, the entities allegedly “work[ed]…
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