Monday, October 23, 2023

Internet "watchdog" NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. were sued today in federal court

Editor's note: This blog has had Consortium News' link in the right column to their website as an alternative news source for years now. Congressman Rand Paul agrees: The US government should not be allowed anywhere near the news.


Super Scam NewsGuard and Co-Conspirator US Government Sued by Consortium News
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Source: Consortium News

US Government & NewsGuard Sued by Consortium News

October 23, 2023

The suit accuses NewsGuard of defaming Consortium News and the U.S. government of acting in concert with NewsGuard to violate the First Amendment.

US & NewsGuard Sued for 1st Amendment
Violations, Defamation in NY Federal Court

Court Papers: Media 'Watchdog' Joined With US
Intelligence to Suppress Foreign Policy Dissent
Federal Courthouse, Manhattan. (TJ Bickerton/Wikimedia Commons)

The United States government and internet "watchdog" NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. were sued today in federal court in Manhattan for First Amendment violations and defamation by news organization Consortium for Independent Journalism, a nonprofit that publishes Consortium News.

Consortium News's court filing charges the Pentagon's Cyber Command, an element of the Intelligence Community, with contracting with NewsGuard to identify, report and abridge the speech of American media organizations that dissent from U.S. official positions on foreign policy.

In the course of its contract with the Pentagon, NewsGuard is "acting jointly or in concert with the United States to coerce news organizations to alter viewpoints" as to Ukraine, Russia, and Syria, imposing a form of "censorship and repression of views" that differ or dissent from policies of the United States and its allies, the complaint says.

Watch the press conference announcing the lawsuit on Monday:


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