() There are many people who are furious with President Joe Biden’s decision to create a board in the federal government to fight “disinformation” but White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki apparently believes this board is a wise idea.
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by , April 30th, 2022
There are many people who are furious with President Joe Biden’s decision to create a board in the federal government to fight “disinformation” but White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki apparently believes this board is a wise idea.
Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich confronted Psaki several times this week about the board and about misinformation czar Nina Jankowicz.
And on Friday she even went as far as to recite a few bars from a tune Jankowicz was caught singing about disinformation on a TikTok video.
HEINRICH: Yesterday, you had told me that you were not familiar with Nina Jankowicz. I’m wondering if you’re — if you have more information on her today.
Also, Secretary Mayorkas said that he was not familiar with statements that she had made surrounding the Hunter Biden laptop. And I’m just wondering: How was she hired if you and the White House are not familiar with her, if Mayorkas is not familiar with her statements? What’s the process for putting her into a position like this? Who’s in charge of her hiring?
PSAKI: Well, let me give you a sense of who she is. She’s an expert on online disinformation. She was formerly in the Wilson Center’s Disinfor- — she was formerly a Disinformation Fellow at the Wilson Center. She’s testified before Congress as well as the United Kingdom and European parliaments; advised a Ukrainian foreign minister — particularly relevant in this moment — under the auspices of a Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship; and overseen Russia and Belarus programs at the National Democratic Institute.
Any hiring decisions are up to the Department of Homeland Security, but this is a person with extensive qualifications.
What I will tell you about the board and what the board is doing: This is a continuation of work that began at the Department of Homeland Security in 2020 under former President Trump.
HEINRICH: Is it though — I guess, can you describe what her job is going to be? Because there’s been some TikToks that she has put out, and it seems like rather than, you know, calling balls and strikes on “this, you know, story is false and this story — and here’s the truth on it,” one line stood out to me: “They’re laundering disinfo and we should really take note, and not support their lives with our wallet, voice, or vote.” So is —
PSAKI: Well, here’s what the board is going to do, which I think is of particular interest — again, a continuation of the work of the former President. So for anyone who’s critical of it, I didn’t hear them being critical of the work under the former President, which is just interesting to note contextually.
But in the fact sheet that they put out, what they noted yesterday — what they noted in there is that this is meant to — one, the first bullet was about protecting privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties, and the First Amendment. They said the primary mission is to establish best practices to ensure that efforts to understand and respond to disinformation are done in ways that protect privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties.
I’d also note that the first example they gave about what they’re going to do is support the Department of Homeland Security’s work — ongoing work, back to the former administration — on — to address how and understand how misinformation is spread by human smugglers that prey on vulnerable populations attempting to migrate to the United States.
There’s no question — everybody — that bipartisan support for that, to address disinformation that’s going — that’s helping smugglers pushing, helping people migrate or providing false information, prompting people to migrate.
So — and this is also work that is helping to address unauthorized — terrorism, other threats, and see how disinformation and misinformation is being pushed to lead — to increase those. So that’s all work — we think it’s work that’s been ongoing for some time. This is the form it’s taking. And there’s a fact sheet that details the specifics of it.
HEINRICH: You just outlined a lot of, you know, efforts that sound very worthy, but you’ve got some from the Home- — the Department of Homeland Security telling people how they should vote. How do you explain that to critics who say “That doesn’t sound right to me”?
PSAKI: This is an individual who will overse- — be overseeing the work of that board. Personnel decisions are up to the Department of Homeland Security. I just outlined the extensive history and background this individual has.
But I think what’s important to note here is what the board is doing, which is continuing what is important disinformation-related work that began under the former administration.
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