Nina Jankowicz: Republicans Just ‘Share More Content That Is More Likely To Be Moderated,’ There Is No Censorship

JANKOWICZ I believe it ░░░░░░░░ my patriotic duty to ░░░░░░░░ so because the premise ░░░░░░░░ this hearing the so ░░░░░░░░ Censorship Industrial Complex is ░░░░░░░░ fiction that has not ░░░░░░░░ had profound impacts on ░░░░░░░░ life and safety but ░░░░░░░░ our national security More ░░░░░░░░ this fiction is itself ░░░░░░░░ speech and stymieing critical ░░░░░░░░ that protects our country ░░░░░░░░ want to acknowledge the ░░░░░░░░ we re having this ░░░░░░░░ as we witness an ░░░░░░░░ on the First Amendment ░░░░░░░░ have not seen in ░░░░░░░░ The Trump Administration has ░░░░░░░░ far more egregious violations ░░░░░░░░ our Constitution than the ░░░░░░░░ actions of the Biden ░░░░░░░░ on which this hearing ░░░░░░░░ premised Each one is ░░░░░░░░ but as a Fulbright ░░░░░░░░ the recent arrest of ░░░░░░░░ Ozturk a Fulbright PhD ░░░░░░░░ at Tufts University especially ░░░░░░░░ me The secretary of ░░░░░░░░ seemingly revoked Ms Ozturk ░░░░░░░░ visa for publishing an ░░░░░░░░ ed in Tufts campus ░░░░░░░░ For using her constitutionally ░░░░░░░░ right to free speech ░░░░░░░░ was spirited away by ░░░░░░░░ ICE officers in broad ░░░░░░░░ This is what I ░░░░░░░░ used to observing in ░░░░░░░░ countries that I study ░░░░░░░░ if this had happened ░░░░░░░░ a country in this ░░░░░░░░ s portfolio I think ░░░░░░░░ d issue a statement ░░░░░░░░ concern but it happened ░░░░░░░░ So yes we do ░░░░░░░░ some First Amendment protections ░░░░░░░░ the State Department but ░░░░░░░░ for imagined transgressions of ░░░░░░░░ administrations we need those ░░░░░░░░ from this administration today ░░░░░░░░ pursuing investigations and hearings ░░░░░░░░ the censorship lie Congress ░░░░░░░░ punted its responsibility on ░░░░░░░░ security opting instead for ░░░░░░░░ theatrics that are high ░░░░░░░░ fantasy and low on ░░░░░░░░ Congress used government resources ░░░░░░░░ attack disinformation researchers deliberately ░░░░░░░░ their work burying them ░░░░░░░░ requests for documents and ░░░░░░░░ and stoking the fires ░░░░░░░░ public rage against them ░░░░░░░░ tactics echo the dark ░░░░░░░░ of McCarthyism but with ░░░░░░░░ chilling 21st century twist ░░░░░░░░ as America faces unprecedented ░░░░░░░░ in the information space ░░░░░░░░ our adversaries increasing capabilities ░░░░░░░░ the exponential growth of ░░░░░░░░ technologies committees including this ░░░░░░░░ continue to waste valuable ░░░░░░░░ and taxpayer dollars targeting ░░░░░░░░ citizens who are doing ░░░░░░░░ in the public interest ░░░░░░░░ know this intimately In ░░░░░░░░ written testimony I explain ░░░░░░░░ detail the lies that ░░░░░░░░ my life when my ░░░░░░░░ to lead the DHS ░░░░░░░░ Governance Board was announced ░░░░░░░░ demonstrated by both the ░░░░░░░░ s founding documents and ░░░░░░░░ five hour sworn testimony ░░░░░░░░ your colleagues on the ░░░░░░░░ Committee the board s ░░░░░░░░ was to protect civil ░░░░░░░░ civil liberties privacy and ░░░░░░░░ First Amendment the very ░░░░░░░░ of this hearing Many ░░░░░░░░ to lie that the ░░░░░░░░ was a censorship body ░░░░░░░░ it s politically useful ░░░░░░░░ them That lie was ░░░░░░░░ first chapter in the ░░░░░░░░ tales about the so ░░░░░░░░ censorship industrial complex that ░░░░░░░░ since emerged They ve ░░░░░░░░ buoyed by the Twitter ░░░░░░░░ which falsely allege that ░░░░░░░░ executives were colluding with ░░░░░░░░ to censor disfavored content ░░░░░░░░ Twitter files crafted almost ░░░░░░░░ fiction based on selectively ░░░░░░░░ email and text excerpts ░░░░░░░░ researchers platforms and federal ░░░░░░░░ They re riddled with ░░░░░░░░ and outright falsehoods The ░░░░░░░░ that researchers are somehow ░░░░░░░░ acts of censorship by ░░░░░░░░ independent research and sharing ░░░░░░░░ is outlandish and it ░░░░░░░░ harmful Research is speech ░░░░░░░░ funded or not The ░░░░░░░░ reason the censorship lie ░░░░░░░░ been perpetuated is because ░░░░░░░░ s politically and financially ░░░░░░░░ to those who peddle ░░░░░░░░ Actions like this hearing ░░░░░░░░ a dangerous distraction from ░░░░░░░░ real threats we face ░░░░░░░░ organization the American Sunlight ░░░░░░░░ has identified plenty of ░░░░░░░░ interference we could be ░░░░░░░░ about today including a ░░░░░░░░ Russia content aggregation network ░░░░░░░░ out 3 6 million ░░░░░░░░ of content a year ░░░░░░░░ LLM powered chatbots China ░░░░░░░░ Iran are also actively ░░░░░░░░ the U S as ░░░░░░░░ sit here But our ░░░░░░░░ to respond to these ░░░░░░░░ has been eviscerated based ░░░░░░░░ conspiracy theories sending a ░░░░░░░░ to our adversaries that ░░░░░░░░ is weak Beijing Tehran ░░░░░░░░ Moscow interpret these partisan ░░░░░░░░ on counter disinformation work ░░░░░░░░ a sign that their ░░░░░░░░ is likely to succeed ░░░░░░░░ adversaries use information operations ░░░░░░░░ undermine democratic values We ░░░░░░░░ act not only as ░░░░░░░░ staunchest defender and guarantor ░░░░░░░░ those values abroad but ░░░░░░░░ just as hard to ░░░░░░░░ them at home Thank ░░░░░░░░