A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241224-us-agency-focused-on-foreign-disinformation-shuts-down

38 comments

  1. Color me shocked brought to you by the party of terrorists

  2. I mean, it’s not like it really helped. Even when Republicans were told outright that the media they are consuming is disinformation, they didn’t care. 

  3. Putin (just as he said when Trump won the election): “This is very helpful to us”

  4. “The source of the call is originating from within the house.”

  5. Why doesn’t the government take a stronger stance against foreign disinformation?

  6. Obviously, once a nation has lost a propaganda war, it’s time to setup shop. Would anyone expect an entity not controlled by the USA to continue ensuring our norms are adhered to? No? We got an entirely new set of norms Incoming. No one but ourselves can afford to course correct.

  8. Soooo, they were dissing Russia and we can’t have that shit, right?

  9. They were shitty at their job anyway. Look where the fuck we wound up.

  10. So they tracked it…..but did what exactly? Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, etc. were completely turned into foreign misinformation sites but nothing was ever done. For one I could care less, no reason to pay them to do nothing. That being said, if we had an agency that actually did something I’d be all about it.

  11. Doesn’t seem like they were effective in stopping Russia America Takeover.

  13. So glad our nationalist, patriotic party believes China should be able to own our media narrratives 🙏

  14. Don’t worry, along with social security, Medicare and the FDA, this agency that tracks misinformation will be dismantled very soon. My god I feel like I need to read 1984 again soon so I’m prepared.

  16. I once posted on here that the normal people of North America are literally just being farmed like cattle and was downvoted into oblivion. I feel like time and time again I’ve been proven right in the worst of ways.

  17. Republicans want another 9/11 so they can have another patriot act, but with more big brother

  18. “And the state sews seeds of confusion with their re-education efforts, barraging citizens with the following seemingly nonsensical inversions. ‘War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.’”

  20. I don’t know what to say. If, after all we’ve observed in the the last decade, Americans can’t tell what’s being boosted by foreign or domestic disinformation campaigns and learn consume media judiciously, then we probably deserve to go down in ball of fire.

  21. We are so doomed lol. It all starts with education, Please bring back more critical thinking. 

  22. We’ll be living in an actual hellscape before 2025 ends.

  24. History will look back on the Demicratic gerontocracy with a mixture of incredulity, scorn and disgust.

    Absolutely the wrong people at the wrong time. A catastrophe for humanity. Completely outplayed and outfought by a party lead by a guy with an IQ of 70.

  25. National security jeopardized because of morons in Congress

  26. stupid self destructive failure of leadership – now they can call it all ‘the russia hoax’ ad infinitum – for lack of evidence because they killed the agency tasked with at least understanding what was being done – while the russian psyops tear the fabric of the US apart.

  29. Maybe they realized the “misinformation” was coming from us? Just sayin.

  30. The GOP needs to formally register as Russian lobbyists

  31. Republican criticism of tracking foreign disinformation. Says it all, don’t it?

  33. I’m sure that nothing bad could come of this.

    I mean, who really needs to know whether a hostile foreign government is trying to interfere and disrupt every aspect of your society via misinformation targeted at your citizens.

  34. They did a great job when the democrats spread the Russian collusion hoax. Another government agency not pissing our money away! Keep up the good work!

  35. They have been sounding the alarm for about 15 and no one is doing anything! Fml! We are gonna end up like Venezuela

  36. Election 2024 is over. People made their choice. Not much matters anymore.

  37. The party that benefits from foreign disinformation ended funding for the agency that tracks it. Shocking….

Comments are closed.