The newly formed Disinformation Governance Board is being plagued with even more controversy as the project has been put on hold after executive director Nina Jankowicz resigned from her position. Taylor Lorenz reports that the decision came after persistent and unjustifiable personal attacks and physical threats were made against employees since the inception of the board. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live
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"The Government Disinformation Board has been “paused” and the board’s executive director, Nina Jankowicz, has officially resigned from her position, according to a Wednesday report from The Washington Post’s Taylor Lorenz. The Department of Homeland Security only announced the effort to combat disinformation in late April.
Citing “multiple employees” at the Department of Homeland Security, Lorenz reported it was decided to end the effort on Monday, and Jankowicz wrote up a letter of resignation the following day. She was reportedly given the option to stay on as an evaluation of the board is conducted.
According to Lorenz, “right-wing attacks” derailed the effort, especially after the announcement that Jankowicz would be leading it. An unidentified employee told the Post that Jankowicz has been “subjected to unjustified and vile personal attacks and physical threats.” The employee also said Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will continue to defend the controversial figure, despite the board being put on the back burner not long after her joining.
Past videos of Jankowicz stirred up controversy hours after she was her position was announced, with critics deeming her a “Minister of Truth” and the “Mary Poppins of Misinformation,” the latter being a self-given title. It refers to a TikTok video that quickly went viral of the 33-year-old singing to the tune of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious as she warns people not to vote for politicians she believes are spreading disinformation."
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https://www.mediaite.com/print/just-in-controversial-ministry-of-truth-head-nina-jank-resigns-from-disinformation-board-per-report/
"The Government Disinformation Board has been “paused” and the board’s executive director, Nina Jankowicz, has officially resigned from her position, according to a Wednesday report from The Washington Post’s Taylor Lorenz. The Department of Homeland Security only announced the effort to combat disinformation in late April.
Citing “multiple employees” at the Department of Homeland Security, Lorenz reported it was decided to end the effort on Monday, and Jankowicz wrote up a letter of resignation the following day. She was reportedly given the option to stay on as an evaluation of the board is conducted.
According to Lorenz, “right-wing attacks” derailed the effort, especially after the announcement that Jankowicz would be leading it. An unidentified employee told the Post that Jankowicz has been “subjected to unjustified and vile personal attacks and physical threats.” The employee also said Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will continue to defend the controversial figure, despite the board being put on the back burner not long after her joining.
Past videos of Jankowicz stirred up controversy hours after she was her position was announced, with critics deeming her a “Minister of Truth” and the “Mary Poppins of Misinformation,” the latter being a self-given title. It refers to a TikTok video that quickly went viral of the 33-year-old singing to the tune of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious as she warns people not to vote for politicians she believes are spreading disinformation."
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