The DHS considers ‘misinformation’ a terrorist threat

The Department of Homeland Security Just Smeared Americans Who Question Government on COVID, Elections as a ‘Terrorism Threat’ https://t.co/tEd5htb9jt via @HannahDCox

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BASEDPolitics' Hannah Cox writes, “If you question the government, you might be a terrorist threat. At least, that’s what the US Department of Homeland Security just suggested in a new National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin.

The DHS statement warned against a heightened terrorist threat environment they blame on several factors, including 'the proliferation of false or misleading narratives, which sow discord or undermine public trust in U.S. government institutions.' For examples of such terrorism-fueling, dangerous speech the DHS cited 'widespread online proliferation of false or misleading narratives regarding unsubstantiated widespread election fraud and COVID-19.'

Also among the supposed causes of terrorism? An 'online environment filled with false or misleading narratives and conspiracy theories, and other forms of mis- dis- and mal-information...”

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