The American people should be deeply concerned about the increasingly Orwellian tactics being employed by the left and their allies, like George Soros and the U.S. government-backed Global Engagement Center. The coordinated effort to create “state-sponsored blacklists” is a direct attack on our right to freedom of speech and expression, and it is an affront to the values that the Republican Party holds dear.
These blacklists are being created and maintained to target Americans who do not share the left’s views and to silence their political opponents. For instance, the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) sent a list of 40,000 Twitter accounts to Twitter, which included ordinary Americans with no knowledge of Indian politics. This list was funded by the Open Society Foundations and the Global Engagement Center.
1. TWITTER FILES #17
New Knowledge, the Global Engagement Center, and State-Sponsored Blacklists pic.twitter.com/8LuoKY9zzA— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) March 2, 2023
The Global Engagement Center’s mission is to “recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts”. However, it appears that the mission has become more like an Orwellian Ministry of Truth, as a former intelligence source told Matt Taibbi that the GEC was “an incubator for the domestic disinformation complex.”
The significance of these blacklists is further evidenced by the fact that President Joe Biden’s now-defunct Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) had its origins in the Atlantic Council. This is a clear example of the left’s attempts to silence those who disagree with them, and it is a direct attack on our right to freedom of speech and expression.
It is time for the American people to take a stand against the left’s attempts to silence their political opponents. We must hold the left accountable for their actions and continue to fight for our rights, no matter what the opposition says. We must also ensure that our elected officials are doing all they can to protect our speech rights and prevent the left from infringing on our liberties.
Currently the “disinfo” complex’s methods impact conservatives in America more, but that could change in a heartbeat. Also, what kind of liberal isn’t interested in protecting the speech rights of people with whom they disagree? What kind of liberalism is that? https://t.co/s96Jpuybsb
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) March 2, 2023
It is time for the American people to stand up and reclaim their right to freedom of speech and expression. We must make sure that our voices are heard and that our rights are protected. We must not allow the left to trample on our freedoms and we must not let them get away with their attempts to silence their political opponents.
The left would love nothing more than for these ‘Twitter files’ to simply die out. They have the media running interference coverage trying to bury the release. Let’s make sure that never happens.