Opinion: A ‘disinformation’ board inspired by a dystopian novel
SACRAMENTO – Dystopian fiction always has fascinated me because writers such as Philip K. Dick and Ray Bradbury based their stories on real-world trends – and simply took them to logical extremes. Story lines involving, say, departments of pre-crime that arrested people based on algorithms seemed preposterous, but have turned out to be creepily close to the mark.
Now the Department of Homeland Security – having apparently learned nothing from past U.S. government absurdities or George Orwell – is launching a Disinformation Governance Board to police the internet. Homeland Security always sounded ironic enough, but a board of disinformation is a “truth is stranger fiction” situation.
During congressional testimony about disinformation on the internet, Mayorkas said his agency established the board “to more effectively combat this threat, not only to election security but to our homeland security,” per a Politico report. But the publication found this to be “an odd comment, given that DHS now says the board does not run or manage any department functions.”
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