CISA began targeting misinformation, and conspired with Big Tech to shut it down

February 18, 2020 marks the date that the Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency (CISA), part of the US Department of Homeland Security, “began its hunt for disfavored speech about COVID-19” aka “misinformaiton”. “CISA defined misinformation to include accurate information that might lead people to engage in disfavored behaviors.”  That is true information that went against their narrative. [1, 2]

In the following months, “DHS asked four government-funded think tanks to flag “misinformation,” which was often simply political speech that Democrats didn’t like, and together with DHS urge social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to delete, suppress, or censor it in some other way. In 2020 and 2021, the four government contractors worked hand-in-glove with DHS and other government agencies to pressure social media platforms to engage in political censorship.” [1]