US shuts down its ‘propaganda and censorship’ agency but still controls the stories you read in the press through other means The Global Engagement Center was described by Elon Musk as a “threat to democracy”
The US State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) has shut down after the Continuing Resolution to fund government removed funding to keep the center open. The agency was responsible for spreading propaganda abroad and, according to conservatives, censoring dissident at home.
The GEC announced on December 23rd that it would cease operations by the end of that day. “The State Department has consulted with Congress regarding next steps,” the statement added.
The organization employed around 120 people and had an annual budget of $61 million. Established in 2016, its stated goal was to “recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts.”
