Mayorkas Denies CISA Engaged in Social Media Censorship
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency doesn’t “censor” free speech, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday. He disputed findings from a July 4 decision from U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty for Western Louisiana…
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in Monroe (see 2307120065). Doughty blocked federal officials from contacting social media companies about online content requests and identified CISA, DOJ and the FBI as agencies that collaborated with social media platforms to supposedly censor online speech. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., repeatedly pressed Mayorkas about how DHS defines disinformation. The government can’t be trusted to determine what’s false, said Johnson, calling Mayorkas the “most dishonest witness” to ever testify before the committee. CISA doesn’t make any effort to remove online content, said Mayorkas: The agency identifies the “tactics” that enemy states use to spread disinformation. Committee members largely focused on border issues during the DHS oversight hearing.