State Dept-Backed Group Cuts Ties With Group That Blacklists Conservative News Sites

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AIt’s directly a result of Multiple Washington Examiner According to reports, State Department-backed Non-Profit group has ended its financial relationship to a “disinformation” Tracking organization that is secretly monitored Blacklisting Taking steps to stop conservative media.

The National Endowment for Democracy is a group that is almost entirely funded by congressional appropriations. Between 2020 and 2021, $545,750 was granted to the Global Disinformation Index. Feeding Blacklisting conservative websites for advertising companies GOP legislators raising Concerned, the National Endowment for Democracy has taken steps to distance herself from the purported “disinformation” The nonprofit group informed the that it will not be providing future grant money to monitor the situation. Washington Examiner.

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“As set forth in our Articles of Incorporation and the NED Act, our mandate is to work around the world and not in the United States,” Leslie Aun was the vice president of communications for the group. Washington Examiner. “We have strict policies and practices in place so that NED and the work we fund remains internationally focused, ensuring the Endowment does not become involved in domestic politics.”

“Recently, we became aware that one of our grantees, the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), was engaged in an initiative, funded by a different donor, that focused on specific U.S. media outlets,” The statement went on. “We recognize the important work GDI has done with NED support in other countries to help preserve the integrity of the information space and counter authoritarian influence. However, given our commitment to avoid the perception that NED is engaged in any work domestically, directly or indirectly, we will no longer provide financial support to GDI.”

This major development follows the briefing of the group to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday. The group sought clarification that grants were not allocated for the Global Disinformation Index’s conservative Blacklists. A congressional source said the source. Washington Examiner. According to another source close by the group, the NED’s new actions won’t affect the Global Disinformation Index grants for 2020 and 2021, which were already spent.

“But there will be no more grants going forward,” The second source said so.

According to a congressional source, there were six NED representatives and three congressional representatives at the meeting on Thursday. The source also said that the committee representatives informed the group that money is not available for them. “fungible” Regardless of whether grants are sent overseas.

The Global Disinformation Index received grants for 2020 and 2021 in the amounts of $2.5 million. earmarked For the group to work with foreign partners AfricaAsia, Latin America, Europe, and elsewhere to disinformation research and develop “risk ratings” For advertising companies According The NED. According to public records, $300 million was paid by taxpayers to the group in 2021.

The Global Disinformation Index (as the Washington Examiner Continued to detail, compiles a “dynamic exclusion list” The largest “disinformation” Advertisers are fed this information by peddlers who operate on websites. It said that the 10 “riskiest” The outlets are located in the American SpectatorNewsmax, the FederalistThe American Conservative One America News Blaze, The Daily Wire, RealClearPolitics – ReasonThe, and New York Post.

The Thursday briefing was held by the NED. “didn’t do any of this bad stuff when they signed the grant,” According to the congressional source. In April 2018, the Global Disinformation Index was created. According British financial records

The State Department is increasingly under fire Republican lawmakers For its connections to the Global Disinformation Index. The department’s affiliated Global Engagement Center donated $100,000 to the Global Disinformation Index in 2021 as part of the 2021 Global Disinformation Index Initiative. U.S. – Paris Tech ChallengeThis is what was sought “to advance the development of promising and innovative technologies against disinformation and propaganda” Recorded from overseas

Park Advisers, an investment agency that fights “disinformation, terrorism, violent extremism, [and] hate speech,” Initially, he was given $100,000 and gave it to the Global Disinformation Index. According To the State Department

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“I’m going to focus my time on the weaponization subcommittee on these matters,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) told The Washington Examiner On Thursday. “This direct assault on the First Amendment and the ways in which the exquisite powers of the government has been merged with the capabilities of technology to constrain rights that Americans have long held close and cherished.”

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Senator Ron Johnson (R.I.), ranking member of the permanent subcommittee for investigations Wednesday, Congress declared Beatitudes “to further investigate this potential First Amendment violation.”