{"id":13164,"date":"2019-09-03T08:25:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T12:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=13164"},"modified":"2019-09-03T11:02:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T15:02:26","slug":"liberal-fec-chairwoman-targets-online-news-she-considers-fraudulent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/liberal-fec-chairwoman-targets-online-news-she-considers-fraudulent\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal FEC chairwoman targets online news she considers \u2018fraudulent\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/ Chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FEC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FEC<\/a>, Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EllenLWeintraub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EllenLWeintraub<\/a>, &quot;is summoning Facebook, Google and Twitter to a meeting next month on digital disinformation,&quot; reports <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nancyscola?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nancyscola<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politico?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@politico<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KVs4CDS2I0\">https:\/\/t.co\/KVs4CDS2I0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davelevinthal\/status\/1167136236047339520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Washington Examiner<\/strong>, Opinion by Paul Bedard &#8212; August 30, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>New concerns are being raised that online conservative media outlets  could face federally imposed censorship going into the 2020 elections.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Years after Republicans on the Federal Election Commission  claimed Democrats were targeting conservative speech on outlets like the  <strong>Drudge Report<\/strong>, the liberal head of the FEC is teaming with an  anti-Trump free speech advocacy group to host a symposium targeting  online \u201cdisinformation.\u201d &#8212; <\/em>(bold emphasis added)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The September event is inspired by Russia\u2019s online efforts  during the 2016 election and is expected to include Republicans and  Democrats as well as big internet firms such as Google, Facebook, and  Twitter.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Politico reported this week that FEC Chairwoman Ellen  Weintraub is hosting the event and summoned the tech giants. Her  invitation reads, \u201cThe goal of the symposium will be to identify  effective policy approaches and practical tools that can minimize the  disruption and confusion sown by fraudulent news and propaganda in the  2020 campaign,\u201d according to the outlet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>View the complete article including image, links and comments at:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/washington-secrets\/liberal-fec-chair-targets-online-news-she-considers-fraudulent\">https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/washington-secrets\/liberal-fec-chair-targets-online-news-she-considers-fraudulent<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Examiner, Opinion by Paul Bedard &#8212; August 30, 2019 Excerpt: New concerns are being raised that online conservative media outlets could face federally imposed censorship going into the 2020 elections. 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