{"id":26516,"date":"2025-01-02T14:43:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=26516"},"modified":"2025-01-02T14:51:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:51:40","slug":"us-gov-ministry-of-truth-global-engagement-center-gec-closes-up-shop-after-8-years-2016-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/us-gov-ministry-of-truth-global-engagement-center-gec-closes-up-shop-after-8-years-2016-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"US Gov. Ministry of Truth (Global Engagement Center (GEC)) closes up shop after 8 years (2016 &#8211; 2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/us-gov-ministry-of-truth-global-engagement-center-gec-closes-up-shop-after-8-years-2016-2024.png\" alt=\"us-gov-ministry-of-truth-global-engagement-center-gec-closes-up-shop-after-8-years-2016-2024\" width=\"1080\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/us-gov-ministry-of-truth-global-engagement-center-gec-closes-up-shop-after-8-years-2016-2024.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/us-gov-ministry-of-truth-global-engagement-center-gec-closes-up-shop-after-8-years-2016-2024-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/us-gov-ministry-of-truth-global-engagement-center-gec-closes-up-shop-after-8-years-2016-2024-768x457.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The US Gov. Ministry of Truth, Global Engagement Center (GEC), was formed in 2016 out of Barack Obama&#8217;s Executive Order 13584<em> &#8211; <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2011\/09\/09\/executive-order-13584-developing-integrated-strategic-counterterrorism-c\"><em>Developing an Integrated Strategic Counterterrorism Communications Initiative<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry&#8217;s official government website was: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/bureaus-offices\/under-secretary-for-public-diplomacy-and-public-affairs\/global-engagement-center\/\">state.gov\/bureaus-offices\/under-secretary-for-public-diplomacy-and-public-affairs\/global-engagement-center\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Duties included:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abridgment of freedom of the press<\/li>\n<li>Positioning the federal government as arbiter of truth<\/li>\n<li>Defunding news outlets<\/li>\n<li>COVID-19 Infodemic war<\/li>\n<li>US and worldwide election interference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Ministry, Global Engagement Center (GEC), was supported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uniparty\">Uniparty<\/a> (both Democrats and Republicans) and even hired <em>Fox News<\/em> journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lea_Gabrielle\">Lea Gabrielle<\/a> to lead the organization as director for a time (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/biographies\/lea-gabrielle\">2019 &#8211; 2021)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/uniparty-dem-rep-wobik-2025-lucas-daniel-smith-barack-obama-birther.jpg\" alt=\"uniparty-dem-rep-wobik-2025-lucas-daniel-smith-barack-obama-birther\" width=\"484\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/uniparty-dem-rep-wobik-2025-lucas-daniel-smith-barack-obama-birther.jpg 484w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/uniparty-dem-rep-wobik-2025-lucas-daniel-smith-barack-obama-birther-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2023, members of the Republican Party and Elon musk denounced the Ministry for facilitating censorship and described it as the worst offender in US government censorship, media manipulation and as a threat to our democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The US Gov. Ministry of Truth, Global Engagement Center (GEC)), collapsed on December 23, 2024:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/global-engagement-center-ministry-of-truth-censorship-2024-collapse-closed-2025-freedom-obama-trump.jpg\" alt=\"global-engagement-center-ministry-of-truth-censorship-2024-collapse-closed-2025-freedom-obama-trump\" width=\"1180\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/global-engagement-center-ministry-of-truth-censorship-2024-collapse-closed-2025-freedom-obama-trump.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/global-engagement-center-ministry-of-truth-censorship-2024-collapse-closed-2025-freedom-obama-trump-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/global-engagement-center-ministry-of-truth-censorship-2024-collapse-closed-2025-freedom-obama-trump-768x438.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance\/2773271\/disinformation-inc-state-department-bankrolls-group-secretly-blacklisting-conservative-media\/\">Disinformation Inc: State Department bankrolls group secretly blacklisting conservative media<\/a><br \/>\nWashington Examiner<br \/>\nBy Gabe Kaminsky<br \/>\nPublished February 9, 2023 7:09 pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2446507\/ex-state-department-censorship-tool-under-spotlight-in-new-conservative-media-lawsuit\/\">Ex-State Department \u2018censorship\u2019 tool under spotlight in new conservative media lawsuit<\/a><br \/>\nWashington Examiner<br \/>\nBy Gabe Kaminsky<br \/>\nPublished December 6, 2023 7:25 pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2020-05-14\/the-tiny-u-s-agency-fighting-covid-conspiracy-theories-doesn-t-stand-a-chance\">The Tiny U.S. Agency Fighting Covid Conspiracy Theories Doesn\u2019t Stand a Chance<\/a><br \/>\nBloomberg Businessweek<br \/>\nBy Joshua Brustein<br \/>\nPublished May 14, 2020 at 3:00 am<\/p>\n<p>Please exercise your free speech in the comments section below. 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The Ministry&#8217;s official government website was: state.gov\/bureaus-offices\/under-secretary-for-public-diplomacy-and-public-affairs\/global-engagement-center\/ Duties included: Abridgment of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/us-gov-ministry-of-truth-global-engagement-center-gec-closes-up-shop-after-8-years-2016-2024\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4743,4754,5560,6570,6555,4540,6568,5614,6265,6569,5613,6270,6538,5107,12,4672,6541,4667,6521,6522],"tags":[6560,6558,6564,6567,6559,6562,6563,6565,355,4749,6556,4337,3956,6561,6566,6557],"class_list":["post-26516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kenyabornobama","category-kenyanbornobama","category-barack-obama","category-barack-obama-birther-2025","category-covid-19-infodemic-war","category-donald-trump","category-donald-trump-2025","category-donald-trump-won-the-2020-election","category-elon-musk","category-elon-musk-2025","category-elon-musk-twitter","category-elon-musk-x","category-kenya","category-lucas-d-smith","category-lucas-daniel-smith","category-lucas-smith-birther","category-obama-birther-2025","category-obama-born-in-kenya","category-trump-2024","category-trump-2025","tag-barack-obama-2025","tag-barack-obama-birther-2025","tag-barack-obamas-executive-order-13584","tag-biden-censorship","tag-birther-2025","tag-covid-19-infodemic","tag-covid-19-infodemic-war","tag-disinformation-governance-board-dgb","tag-donald-trump","tag-elon-musk","tag-global-engagement-center-gec","tag-lucas-daniel-smith","tag-lucas-smith-birther","tag-lucas-smith-birther-2025","tag-obama-censorship","tag-us-gov-ministry-of-truth-global-engagement-center-gec"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26521,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26516\/revisions\/26521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}