State Department Under Fire for Financing ‘Disinfo’ Project That Blacklisted Conservative Websites

The Global Disinformation Index defines ‘disinformation’ as narratives that are ‘adversarial’ to democratic institutions, scientific consensus or at-risk groups.

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The Department of State seal. Mandel Ngan, Pool via AP

A London-based online content watchdog financed in part by the U.S. Department of State is under fire from conservatives who say the platform consistently flags right-leaning news websites as problematic in an effort to cut off their advertising revenue and “defund disinformation.”

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