WhoWhatWhy - Ahead of Trump’s third run and with consequences for at least a few of his lies and acts finally beginning to catch up to him, the GOP is launching an all-out war against online disinformation research — the collective endeavors of scientists, journalists, and fact-checkers to monitor the online spew of disinformation and hate — with the twin goal of both protecting its own lie machines and distracting from a politically ruinous focus on those consequences.
Central to this effort is Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who, ironically in light of his involvement in the effort to overturn the 2020 election for Trump, now chairs the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. He has been, according to a June report in The Washington Post, abusing his position of political power to harass and silence disinformation researchers with “a flurry of records requests, subpoenas and lawsuits.” Jordan joined in on the far-Right attack on the independent Center for Countering Digital Hate, declaring that his subcommittee was expanding its “censorship” investigation to include that organization. He has also announced subcommittee Republicans’ backing of the Missouri v. Biden lawsuit accusing the president of partaking in online censorship, and their filing of an amicus brief in the case.
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When nothing you say is true, you have to attack the people who actually have their facts in order. In other words the republicans have become a criminal gang
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