State Dept. launches $40M offensive against foreign propaganda
Source: The Hill
BY MORGAN CHALFANT - 02/26/18 10:55 AM EST
The State Department is launching a $40 million initiative to crack down on foreign propaganda and disinformation amid widespread concerns about future Russian efforts to interfere in elections.
The department announced Monday that it signed a deal with the Pentagon to transfer $40 million from the Defense Department’s coffers to bolster the “Global Engagement Center,” an office set up at State during the Obama years to expose and counter foreign propaganda and disinformation. The new influx of funds will bolster the center’s operations in the current fiscal year.
“This funding is critical to ensuring that we continue an aggressive response to malign influence and disinformation and that we can leverage deeper partnerships with our allies, Silicon Valley, and other partners in this fight,” Steve Goldstein, the department’s undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, said in a statement. “It is not merely a defensive posture that we should take, we also need to be on the offensive.”
The announcement comes less than two weeks after special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians for participating in an elaborate scheme to meddle in the 2016 presidential election by creating false U.S. personas and spreading divisive content on social media platforms.
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/375589-state-dept-launches-40m-offensive-against-foreign-propaganda
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and how are they going to do this when the Exxon asshole running the state department doesn't give a shit and this is just some Public Relations STUNT, after all the man in power over there at state there is down 33% personnel ..........................so who the fuck his he going to hire to do this job Fox Noise......................................
November 2018 cannot get here fast enough
