PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, on April 29, rejected the Biden administration’s newly formed Disinformation Governance Board, comparing its aim to educate the public about disinformation to “stifling dissent” and likening it to George Orwell’s “Ministry of Truth.”
The creation of the Disinformation Governance Board was announced by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on April 27.  Its purpose, he said, was to counter the spread of false information.
Heading the board will be Nina Jankowicz, who previously served as a disinformation fellow at the Wilson Center. Her appointment drew harsh criticism from some on social media who contend that she would not be an impartial executive director because she has previously referred to Hunter Biden’s laptop as a “Trump campaign product” and suggested it was a  “Russian influence op.”
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