'We started seeing these changes happening and we wanted to know the impact that the transition had on websites and censorship that we've started to see pop up,' Sunlight Foundation Web Integrity Project Director Rachel Bergman said.
A new website dedicated to tracking online"censorship" on U.S. government websites has shone a light on the ways the Trump administration has overseen the erasure of important information from federal websites, particularly when it comes to LGBTQ rights and climate change.
"As the government itself states in its Office of Management and Budget’s memorandum on how federal agencies should manage digital content: 'Federal Agency public websites and digital services are the primary means by which the public receives information from and interacts with the Federal Government. These websites and services help the public apply for benefits, search for jobs, comply with Federal rules, obtain authoritative information, and much more.
Among those patterns, Bergman said, has been a clear and consistent pattern of the Trump administration overseeing the removal of information pertaining to LGBTQ rights and climate change. "We have seen a number of cases of removal of information that shows LGBTQ individuals' resources not being prioritized. That's something that has happened," Bergman said.
"One of the biggest changes we've seen, the removal of the EPA's climate change website, happened earlier on in the administration, which makes sense given that its purpose, which was stated, was to reshape the EPA's entire image to comport with the new administration's views," the Web Integrity Project said in its statement."Removals of public information at that scale, and by a new administration, make a real statement.
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