{"id":38974,"date":"2022-11-17T06:19:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T11:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=38974"},"modified":"2022-11-17T06:19:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T11:19:13","slug":"meet-one-of-the-censors-working-for-the-dhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=38974","title":{"rendered":"Meet one of the censors working for the DHS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good day all. Recently, the Intercept published a major story<\/a> detailing how the Department of Homeland Security had been working with Big Tech in general and Twitter in particular to censor opinions that aren\u2019t part of the maladministration\u2019s current doctrine. This is a clear violation of the 1st<\/sup> Amendment of the Constitution.<\/p>\n

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Now another \u201cfringe\u201d organization has discovered one of the people who have been pushing the suppression of anything that would be considered \u201cRight wing.\u201d Here are the details from War Room<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n

Dr. Kate Starbird, a researcher who claims social media platforms have a \u201cmoral and ethical obligation\u201d to suppress content supporting \u201cright-wing populism,\u201d is leading the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s efforts to counter \u201cmisinformation and disinformation,\u201d internal documents reveal.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Starbird also worked with the Election Integrity Partnership, which played a key role in pushing social media platforms to censor conservative users and posts \u2013 even at the request of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) \u2013 during the 2020 election cycle. <\/b><\/p>\n

I did a little digging into Starbird. Apparently, she used to play women\u2019s basketball professionally, then went to college and got a degree in Computer Science. Since then she has either been working in academia and the Department of Homeland Security. (I haven\u2019t been able to determine if she is an employee or working as a consultant) She is also a barking mad moonbat and a progressive totalitarian.<\/p>\n

The uncovering<\/a> of Starbird\u2019s aversion to right-wing populism and affiliation with left-leaning groups follows a bombshell report from\u00a0<\/a><\/b>The Intercept<\/b><\/em><\/a>\u00a0detailing the comprehensive operations carried out by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an operational component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to censor Americans on a wide variety of topics. <\/b><\/p>\n

Additional documents uncovered<\/a> by WarRoom.org reveal the lead of CISA\u2019s \u201cProtecting Critical Infrastructure from Misinformation & Disinformation\u201d subcommittee, which is responsible for spearheading most of the agency\u2019s censorship work. <\/b><\/p>\n

First things first and some due diligence. The War Room is primarily a podcast site covering conservative points of view. They post to Rumble.com<\/a> and I believe they are owned by Steve Bannon. Until I found this story, I hadn\u2019t bothered with them. (I was somewhat aware they existed) Now that this is out of the way, and allows you to judge the validity of the information, we shall now proceed.<\/p>\n

Starbird<\/a>, the leader of the seven-person team which includes Twitter\u2019s former \u201cChief Censor,\u201d<\/a> is a University of Washington Professor who co-founded the school\u2019s Center for an Informed Public.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Starbird\u2019s Center for an Informed Public<\/a> is a leading member of the Election Integrity Partnership, a consortium that coordinated closely<\/a> with the federal government and Democrats to help social media platforms censor stories during the 2020 election. She has repeatedly dismissed claims that the 2020 election was plagued<\/a> with fraud<\/a>. <\/b><\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t surprising that Starbird would dismiss any evidence that there was anything wrong with the Tainted election of 2020. She is a progressive totalitarian after all, and the issues all went on her side\u2019s favor. I doubt she will change her mind even with all the new information that\u2019s come out over the last two years, culminating with True the Vote and Dinesh D\u2019Souza\u2019s 2000 mules<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Election Integrity Partnership has come under scrutiny for assembling a system that allowed state actors including the DHS and State Department to flag news stories, subsequently allowing social media platforms to either censor or attach prominent warning labels to the specified stories. <\/b><\/p>\n

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Isn\u2019t that interesting? I wonder if Starbird understands the legal jeopardy she and her organization might be in now? This appears to my unschooled eye to be a deliberate plan to actively suppress the 1st<\/sup> Amendment rights of people at the behest of a government agency. I\u2019m thinking she could end up the target of a massive civil suit, and potentially, (Although not with the current goons in the DoJ), criminal civil rights charges. I\u2019ll let those who are schooled in these legal things comment below.<\/p>\n

Among the other groups filing reports through the system were the Democratic<\/a> National Committee as well as left-wing groups such as\u00a0Common Cause and the NAACP. <\/b><\/p>\n

As a result, news outlets targeted by the Election Integrity Partnership included conservative sources such as Breitbart News, Fox News, the <\/b>New York Post,\u00a0<\/b><\/em>and the Epoch Times, as well as the social media profiles of prominent conservatives Charlie Kirk, Mark Levin, James O\u2019Keefe, Sean Hannity, and more. Posts from President Donald Trump were also frequently flagged by the group, in addition to his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. <\/b><\/p>\n

Well now, I think we might add some Federal Election law violations on in kind contributions to the potential list of charges, if this is actually criminal. I do think there may be some civil charges. The level of proof in civil court is a lot less then in criminal court. Again, those who know how these things work, the comments are open.<\/p>\n

Starbird has also appeared to call for broader efforts to censor \u201cmisinformation and disinformation\u201d as part of a campaign to suppress the spread of right-wing populism. <\/b><\/p>\n

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During an April 2021 interview<\/a> with Alexander Heffner on \u201cThe Open Mind,\u201d Starbird was asked about how companies including Twitter and Facebook should navigate political advertisements following the events of January 6th.<\/b><\/p>\n

In response, Starbird suggested that social media platforms have a \u201cmoral and ethical obligation\u201d to suppress content leading to \u201cright-wing populism\u201d:<\/b><\/p>\n

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So this bitch is calling for the suppression of any ideas that she doesn\u2019t like, and those happen to be from people who tend to be more to the center\/right of the political spectrum.<\/p>\n

Starbird has tweeted similar sentiments, linking the spread of disinformation to the spread of right-wing populism. <\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are all vulnerable to disinfo. However, if we look globally at this particular moment, disinformation campaigns (no matter who they target or what particular narrative they push) are functioning to lift and support right-wing populism (& authoritarian power) around the world,\u201d she tweeted in August 2019. <\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cThese two-way grievance feedback loops seem to lead to some very dark places. In addition to powering the influencers dynamics in our new media spaces, they seem to be powering (or at least supporting) the rise of populism around the world,\u201d she tweeted in May<\/a>. <\/b><\/p>\n

What a load paranoid crap. She then completes the circle on how she wants to deal with opinions that she doesn\u2019t agree with.<\/p>\n

When asked about how to \u201cderadicalize\u201d Americans, Starbird insisted \u201cI really think we\u2019re going to have to look further, more broadly in society in terms of how and how we might go about de-radicalization or just like bringing people back together\u201d during the interview. <\/b><\/p>\n

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It never crosses her mind that she may be the one who is radical. Starbird, (And yes, that is her family name and goes back quite a ways. Many served in the military against regimes that espoused exactly what she is pushing. Perhaps she should read George Orwell\u2019s 1984. If she has, then she misunderstood what Orwell was aiming for. His book is not meant to be used as a training manual to suppress the rights of the people.<\/p>\n

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Sadly, Kate Starbird is typical of the clowns in academia. She lives in a bubble on top of an ivory tower and has no idea what is going on in the world. When she sees anything that she disagrees with, her first thought isn\u2019t to discuss it with the people talking about it. Her first thought is to suppress it and punish people for saying it. Someone needs to sit her down and lay it out for her. She has the same mindset as all of the totalitarian tyrants of the 20th<\/sup> century. Somehow, I doubt that will even sink in with her.<\/p>\n

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