Good! Trump Administration To END Censorship, Election Interference By Purging CISA
The Department of Homeland Security is moving to fire 12 employees of a federal cybersecurity agency that policed so-called “misinformation” while pausing “all elections 'security' activities” pending further review of free-speech implications, The Post has learned.
The dozen staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) previously were placed on leave — as President Trump’s team works to make good on his campaign-trail vow to punish officials who regulated Americans’ political commentary.
“CISA has completed an initial review of its election security mission with a particular focus on work related to mis-, dis-, and malinformation in accordance with Executive Order 14149, Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship,” a senior DHS official told The Post.
“The agency is taking appropriate actions regarding employees found to have participated in these activities.”
In December 2022, Trump as a candidate vowed a policy video to ban federal officials from labeling political speech as misinformation and to “begin the process of identifying and firing every federal bureaucrat” who had done so in the past.
“Effective immediately, CISA will strategically pause all elections security activities pending the results of this review,” the official said.
CISA for years has had a contentious relationship with Trump — including in 2020, when the then-45th president fired agency director Christopher Krebs for repeatedly dismissing his claims of widespread fraud in that year’s election.
'''Toward the end of Trump’s first term and during the four-year Biden regime, the use of the terms “misinformation” and “disinformation” were used to pressure social media companies to censor information that later proved true, as well as theories that gained broad acceptance.
https://nypost.com/2025/02/14/us-news/dhs-moves-to-fire-12-cisa-employees-who-policed-misinformation-and-pause-all-election-security-activities/