Mayorkas claims new DHS disinformation board will not monitor US citizensBy Mark Moore
May 1, 2022
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed Sunday that his agency’s Orwellian “Disinformation Governance Board” will not monitor US citizens.
But Mayorkas conceded the administration could have done a better job communicating how the board will function, noting that it will examine disinformation from Russia, China and the cartels that smuggle people and drugs into the US when any are perceived to be a threat to national security. Critics have blasted the board as a way for the federal government to curtail free speech.
CNN’s Dana Bash bluntly asked Mayorkas whether American citizens will fall under DHS surveillance through the board’s creation.
“It’s still not clear to me how this governance board will act and what will it do,” she told the Homeland Security boss.
Mayorkas responded, “So what it does is it works to ensure that the way in which we address threats, the connectivity between threats and acts of violence, are addressed without infringing on free speech, protecting civil rights and civil liberties, the right of privacy.”
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/05/01/mayorkas-says-disinformation-board-wont-track-us-citizens/
