What exactly would this "Disinformation Board" do?

[Archae]

And please keep it simple.

[patphil]

1. They would insist they're telling the truth.

[WarGamer]

2. 1984?

[Mad_Machine76]

3. Hopefully

debunking stuff like this?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216645157

[pwb]

4. Simple

Never heard of it.

[asiliveandbreathe]

5. Would be great if they hire Daniel Dale...so smart.has all the tools

at his disposal to disarm the Disinformation...

[sop]

6. Mayorkas said the disinformation board is meant to "address disinformation that presents a threat

to the homeland." How a government board will "address disinformation" remains a mystery. Still, I can see why Republicans feel threatened by it; spreading dangerous disinformation is pretty much all they do.

[leftstreet]

11. I can't take any official seriously who says "homeland"

It's beyond cringe

[ChazII]

7. That is what I would like to know. n/t

[Wounded Bear]

8. Yeah, I'm not really down with this one...

While I worry most about a repub admin running this, I'm not completely sure Dems would do much better.

Tough one. Let the private fact checkers handle this.

[lapfog_1]

9. snopes.com used to do a fairly good job of indicating when something is a lie

haven't used them in some time... but they were a go to site to debunk shit

[Igel]

12. Link for this topic? n/t

[Alexander Of Assyria]

10. " LIE!" stamp on everything Fox would go long ways. Let Rupert the fox disprove.

[Sympthsical]

13. It's like whoever named it never read Orwell

"What's the most dystopian name we can give a government organization that monitors speech?"

"What about The Disinformation Governance Board for the Department of Homeland Security?"

"Brilliant! What shall its powers be if people ask?"

"Just be vague. People trust us."

"We deserve a raise."

Yes, let's have the government determine what is or is not true. What could possibly go wrong?

It's such an outrageously dumb, anti-speech, authoritarian idea, I can't believe our side isn't at least raising an eyebrow in its direction.

[Tommy Carcetti]

15. Except that's not what it is. nt

[Tommy Carcetti]

14. It identifies and rebuts disinformation.

And that’s it.

It’s not propaganda.

It’s not making spreading disinformation illegal.

It’s just a check on it, take it or leave it.