Ken Buck is demanding answers from Secretary of State Antony Blinken for allegedly sending taxpayer funds through State Department programs to the Global Disinformation Index.
Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., joins 'Sunday Night in America' to weigh in on multiple lawsuits facing YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook.
"Paying foreign entities to perform what is essentially censorship is troubling on two fronts: it wastes taxpayer funds and undermines constitutional protections for freedom of speech," Buck wrote. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the 2023 Munich Security Conference on Feb. 18, 2023 in Munich.
According to GDI’s report,"Disinformation Risk Assessment: The Online News Market in the United States," produced in December 2022, the New York Post, the Federalist, RealClearPolitics, American Spectator, Newsmax, the American Conservative, One America News, the Blaze, the Daily Waire and Reason were all listed in the GDI’s"highest levels" of disinformation category.
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