An appropriations bill passed by the House and awaiting approval in the Senate will supposedly inhibit the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) from engaging in censorship, but a homeland security expert is not convinced.
CISA, a component of the Department of Homeland Security, is described as the “nerve center” of federal government censorship. It is responsible for facilitating collusion between federal agencies and social media companies, interfering in our elections, and censoring Americans who spread anything the agency deems “dis” and “misinformation.”
CISA also censors “malinformation,” which the agency defines as information “based on fact, but used out of context to mislead, harm, or manipulate.” CISA justifies censoring information it knows is true because it believes, as current CISA Director Jen Easterly said, that it is its job to secure the public’s “cognitive infrastructure.” In other words, CISA wants to control our minds.
Early this month, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the Missouri v. Biden that CISA is barred from continuing to violate the Constitution, but, according to experts, the only sure way to stop CISA from illegally censoring Americans is to defund the agency.
‘Poorly’ Drafted Legislation
Instead of defunding CISA, members of Congress added provisions within their Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill to allegedly put an end to the agency’s illegal activity.
According to the bill, none of the DHS funds can be used “to classify or facilitate the classification of any communications by a United States person as mis-, dis-, or mal-information,” nor can the funds be used to “partner with or
