There is no need for a disinformation board at the Department of Homeland Security, a DHS panel has concluded in its interim report on examining the board.
Less than a month after it was put together, DHS put the board's activity on pause and commissioned a review.
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill, May 4, 2022.MORE: DHS pauses much-scrutinized disinformation group for review but slams 'gross mischaracterizations' "Given the complete lack of information about this new initiative and the potential serious consequences of a government entity identifying and responding to 'disinformation,' we have serious concerns about the activities of this new Board, particularly under Ms. Jankowicz's leadership," Mike Turner and John Katko, Republican leaders of the House Committee on Homeland Security, wrote in a letter to Mayorkas in May.
The Homeland Security Advisory Council's Disinformation Best Practices and Safeguards Subcommittee will issue a full report in early August "on how the Department can most effectively and appropriately address disinformation that poses a threat to the homeland, while increasing transparency and protecting free speech, civil rights, civil liberties and privacy."
HSAC is a group of Homeland Security professionals picked by the secretary to offer advice on certain departmental issues.
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