Jimmy Patronis takes aim at 'so-called media monitoring groups'
CFO Jimmy Patronis is taking aim at media rating groups, such as NewsGuard, the Global Disinformation Index, and Graphika Technologies, saying they are arms of censorship and thought control, with a directive “aimed at holding censorship and blacklisting groups accountable.”
The CFO is calling for “divisions within the Department of Financial Services that utilize promotional contracts for marketing and/or public education campaigns” to be barred from efforts to “enter into or renew a contract or agreement with an entity for the purpose of developing, providing or using news source censorship or blacklisting services.”
Similar bans apply to contractors, the directive continues.
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