F - (202) 226-2774. WASHINGTONU.S. Il a t prsent par les corapporteurs Jan Markink (Pays-Bas, GILD) et Tony Buchanan (Royaume-Uni, PAP-NPA). In those three weeks, both the Disinformation Governance Board and its leader, Nina Jankowicz, came under relentless and sometimes vicious attack from right-wing media and Republican lawmakers. I'm about to have a baby in two weeks and I really didn't want this rancor and partisanship and uncertainty to hang over what should be a very happy time for me and my family. The DHS had decided to form the board in 2021 after conducting research that recommended creating a group to "review questions of privacy and civil liberty for online content".
We should have anticipated this response. When I was at DHS along with them, I checked my politics at the door. "[21] Representatives Mike Turner (R-OH) and John Katko (R-NY) wrote that "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". The IGC brings together political leaders from around the world to help create a coordinated, international response to disinformation - an online challenge that knows no borders. Le troisime rapport "Villes et rgions intelligentes - Perspectives d'une approche de la gouvernance fonde sur les droits de l'homme" encourage l'utilisation centre sur l'homme de la numrisation et de l'intelligence artificielle pour construire des communauts inclusives, durables et rsilientes. It knows no political party. While DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified that the board will not be used for political purposes and did his best to explain away serious concerns raised, little remains known as to what the board will actually do, how it will determine what is disinformation, and the scope in which it will take to monitor disinformation from American citizens. Strengthen resilience to disinformation, for example by creating effective programmes for digital literacy and empowering the research community to counter disinformation. DHS pauses a board created to combat disinformation amid a campaign to discredit it, 'How to Be a Woman Online' tackles online harassment against women. We're not just talking about speech that happens to be inconvenient for someone's political viewpoint. She was previously a fellow at the Wilson Center, advised the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry as part of the Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship, oversaw Russia and Belarus programs at the National Democratic Institute, and wrote the book How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict. Ils ont galement chang avec Paul RowselL, Prsident du Comit europen sur la dmocratie et la gouvernance (CDDG) sur les travaux actuels du CDDG et les possibilits de coopration. This special committee investigated the different ways in which foreign agents infringe and subvert democratic processes in the EU and its member states, and in particular what digital means are used to these purposes. It's made me a lot less optimistic about the American response to disinformation.
[17], The Associated Press noted that the "little credible information about the new Disinformation Governance Board" made it "an instant target for criticism", leading to a "bungled rollout" and "rocky start" for the board. And, frankly, it speaks to why efforts like the one I was supposed to lead are needed. The Committee on Information, which oversees the work of the Department of Global Communications, concluded its annual session today with the adoption of its report to the General Assembly, which includes two resolutions for formal adoption by the 193-nation organ. [15] On May 3, 2022, Mayorkas appeared before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and responded to criticism the board received from Republican lawmakers. [17], Republicans and conservatives also criticized the appointment of Jankowicz as head of the board, citing her past support of Democrats, her negative response to Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, and her skepticism of the provenance of Hunter Biden's laptop; Jankowicz had previously said that "we should view [the laptop] as a Trump campaign product".
Step up action with traditional and social media platforms to prevent malicious activities, including improving algorithms online and in social media to ensure that foreign state-sponsored content does not appear at the top of search results. And I definitely think that the information vacuum that we created allowed people to fill in the blanks. [2], On May 2, 2022, the DHS released a statement which said that the board would monitor disinformation spread by "foreign states such as Russia, China, and Iran" and "transnational criminal organizations and human smuggling organizations", and disinformation spread during natural disasters (listing as an example misinformation spread about the safety of drinking water during Hurricane Sandy). [30][31] Joe Lancaster, editor of the libertarian magazine Reason, called the board a potential threat to free speech, and also highlighted Jankowicz's comments regarding the Biden laptop story. A fine line exists between tackling disinformation and government censorship. [7] The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has previously addressed the spread of what they referred to as "mis-, dis-, and malinformation", as well as addressing Russian disinformation as part of their election security efforts in 2020. [2] White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that the board is the "continuation of work that began in the DHS in 2020 under former President Trump". Additionally, we urge that no funds allocated to any of DHSs offices or components be used to support the Board or any functions of the board. The letter, led by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Steve Daines (R-MT), was also signed by Senators Roger Marshall (R-KS), Jim Risch (R-ID), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Todd Young (R-IN), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mike Lee (R-UT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Barrasso (R-WY), Rick Scott (R-FL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), James Lankford (R-OK), John Kennedy (R-LA), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and John Hoeven (R-ND).[] little remains known as to what the board will actually do, how it will determine what is disinformation, and the scope in which it will take to monitor disinformation from American citizensAbsent of these necessary guardrails to prevent mission creep, there is substantial risk of government overreach and First Amendment infringements, the senators wrote. What's the best way to do that? I wish it went differently. As the Committee on Information entered the second day of its forty-first session today, speakers took opposing stances on the Special Information Programme on the Question of Palestine which the Department of Global Communications oversees while also spotlighting the potential negative impact of fake news on international relations. I think that we absolutely should have done better in communicating it. How has this experience changed the way you see the challenge of disinformation? That is the farthest thing from the truth.
Absent of these necessary guardrails to prevent mission creep, there is substantial risk of government overreach and First Amendment infringements. Dear Chairman Murphy and Ranking Member Capito:We write to express our strong opposition to the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) Disinformation Governance Board and urge that any funding for such a board be prohibited in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Homeland Security appropriations bill, including but not limited to the prohibition of funds for detailed staff.
It frankly showed exactly how disinformation campaigns work. [19][17] Some critics, including Florida governor Ron DeSantis[20] and former Democratic representative for Hawaii Tulsi Gabbard, likened the board to the Ministry of Truth, a fictional governmental department in George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Enfin, les membres ont lu leur 5me vice-prsidente Linda Gillham (Royaume-Uni, GILD). Assess the action taken by Big Tech companies to fix the problem of disinformation. Closing its annual session today, the Committee on Information approved two draft resolutions, the second of which also stresses that Member States should refrain from using information and communications technology in contravention of international law, including the Charter of the United Nations. Propose a comprehensive strategy to prevent malicious interference at European and even global level. Cr par Brand Response. Media & Democracy Program Director, Common Cause, Washington, D.C. Mr. Gary Lawkowski The new 33-member-strong committee will screen existing and planned EU legislation in a range of areas for loopholes that could be exploited by third countries for malicious purposes. Jankowicz spoke with NPR about the board's botched rollout, what she had hoped to accomplish, and the irony of an effort to combat disinformation being derailed by disinformation. That our democratic discourse, the way it is so polarized and so, again, childish and not focused on the real threats, leaves us vulnerable to attacks from without and within. Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, A European Assembly of local and regional elected representatives, 41st Session -Instructions to connect via KUDO, 40th Session - Second Part, 15-17 June 2021, 40th Session - First Part, 23-24 March 2021, Election of two Vice-Presidents of the Chamber of Local Authorities and the Secretary General, Meeting of the Governance Committee - 4 July 2022, Meeting of the Current Affairs Committee - 10 June 2022, List of organisations partners to the Congress, Irish Presidency of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, Monitoring of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, Postmonitoring of the Charter and postelectoral dialogue, Observation of local and regional elections, Monitoring and Election Observation Reports, CARTA-MONITOR - Database of the Monitoring reports, Group of independent experts on the European Charter of local self-government (GIE), Human Rights at local and regional levels, The Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights - Local and Regional Authorities, Inclusive societies and prevention of radicalisation, Alliance of European cities against violent extremism, Webinar - Promoting public ethics and preventing corruption at the local and regional levels in Morocco, Webinar - Promoting public ethics and preventing corruption at the local level in Tunisia, Replies of the Committee of Ministers to Congress Recommendations, The European Charter of Local Self-Government, The Congress Governance Committee approved reports on hate speech and fake news, regional identities as well as smart cities and regions. It was an internal coordinating mechanism to make sure that we were doing that work efficiently, we were doing it to the best of our ability, and we were doing it in a way that respected privacy, civil rights, civil liberties and, most importantly, the First Amendment.
The massive spread of misinformation and disinformation and surge of hate speech that has coalesced to undermine global public health during the COVID-19 crisis presents an immediate test case for the United Nations Department of Global Communications and its vision of a world thriving in peace, dignity and equality, its chief told the Committee on Information today, as delegates began their annual session. I think there was a little bit of myopic thinking going on when the board was named, which was prior to my tenure at DHS. It's also been used politically to dismiss ideas people disagree with. The board was quite simple and anodyne. "[18], Republican lawmakers and pundits quickly criticized the board after it was announced, with some calling for it to be disbanded. En outre, les membres ont dbattu de la rvision de la "Charte urbaine europenne II - Manifeste pour une nouvelle urbanit" et ont dsign Anne Colgan (Irlande, GILD) comme rapporteure.
Nina Jankowicz resigned as head of the Disinformation Governance Board at DHS after relentless attacks from conservatives. The Committee on Information closed its annual session during a videoconference meeting today, approving two hallmark draft resolutions, one focused on core questions of press freedom and the second laying out its requests and expectations for the newly reformed Department of Global Communications. Why didn't DHS and you anticipate that this board, however it was intended, would get backlash?
Tous droits rservs. My response is that there are 250,000 employees at DHS.
[3] The American Conservative called the board "a cautionary note on how dangerously out of touch Washington is.
It all culminated Wednesday in DHS's decision to put the board on pause for 75 days while the agency reviews its work addressing disinformation. The board's stated function is to protect national security by disseminating guidance to DHS agencies on combating misinformation, malinformation, and disinformation that threatens the security of the homeland. That advice was not always heeded. And our adversaries know that.
[8][23] In a press conference, Jen Psaki defended Jankowicz's appointment to the board, calling her "an expert on online disinformation a person with extensive qualifications". The federal government should never be in the business of regulating speech or being the arbiter of truth, and this latest attempt to engage in that slippery slope should be defunded.The existence of the board was first brought to light during congressional hearings in April, but we now know it has been in existence for several months without having one documented meeting. Group of the Progressive Alliance ofSocialists & Democratsin the European Parliament, Copyright 2021 Socialists & DemocratsAll rights reserved | Legal notice, CIMOSZEWICZ Wodzimierz (Lewica dla Europy), Putins far-right allies in Europe are fake patriots who, just like Kremlins fake news, threaten our democracies, EU fights foreign interference from Russia and China, Stop malign foreign actors from interfering in our democracies! That's what I worry most about. A previous version of this story incorrectly said Nina Jankowicz advised the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 
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