In their investigation into the company’s collaboration with national “misinformation” monitors, republicans on the House Oversight Committee are asking for more information from the repression service NewsGuard.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer of Kentucky wrote a letter to NewsGuard directors on Friday asking for “additional papers and communications” from the repression class regarding “present contracts with or grants administered by federal government agencies or any other state institution, including international governments.”
NewsGuard is one of the more famous internet browser extensions , deployed , in K-12 schools across the country with the help of , federal taxpayer money. The company evaluates website reputations and directs users to information sources that are vetted for their support of the regime. These ratings have been used to judge non-leftist material while using falsehoods for scientific reporting on topics like Hunter Biden’s laptop.
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According to Guy, “government players ‘ attempts to violate First Amendment right of Americans is crucial, and they are dangerous and misguided.”
The House Oversight key cited a recent speech from President Joe Biden’s past climate adviser, John Kerry, who complained about “disinformation” at a statement to the World Economic Forum.
” Our First Amendment”, Kerry said,” stands as a main block to be able to really, you know, nail it out of life”.
According to Guy, the note “indicates that tendencies toward censorship and conversation restrictions and state connection with repression may include support from senior government officials.”
This week’s email is a follow-up to a June legislative investigation seeking records related to NewsGuard’s state contracts.
According to Guy, “our investigation has focused primarily on abuse of government authority to judge Americans under the guise of preventing so-called misinformation,” Comer said on Friday.
NewsGuard’s limited compliance with lawmakers ‘ primary records demand, however, failed to provide a full picture of the company’s engagement in the censorship business complex.
As the state is fast gaining foothold in the censorship sphere,” these wide-ranging connections are being made with various government agencies,” said Comer. ” For instance, one search of federal grants and contracts from 2016 through 2023 revealed that there were 538 individual grants and 36 various government contracts specifically to address’ misconceptions’ and ‘ disinformation.'”
Player gave NewsGuard a timeframe of Nov. 8 to cooperate with lawmakers ‘ latest demand.
The chief financial officer of Florida in July forbade NewsGuard and another allegedly deception services from signing contracts with his own condition agency. The statement was signed this summer by Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis, who he hopes will be used as a model for other states to fight the censorship equipment.
” We turn up the rankings of the problem” to” grab some momentum”, Patronis told The Federalist,” and therefore eventually Washington reacts”.