"Biden’s State Dept. Funding Foreign Think Tank To Censor Conservatives"

In its efforts to silence citizens, the U.S. State Department funded a U.K.-based think tank that collaborates with online platforms to censor conservatives by saying that they are spreading so-called “mis- and disinformation.”

The Institute for Strategic Dialogue is a British nongovernmental organization that presents itself as a research group that works with several online platforms to fight what they deem to be “extremism, hate and disinformation,” according to the Daily Caller. In reality, the organization’s goal is to censor those who don’t bow down at the altar of woke.

In Sept. 2021, the State Department awarded ISD a grant to “advance the development of promising and innovative technologies against disinformation and propaganda” in Europe and the U.K.

The State Department confirmed that its Global Engagement Center funded ISD through a grant to Park Advisors to study the alleged “Russian disinformation tactics” against Wikipedia, but claimed not to play any role in content moderation decisions on social media platforms.

ISD also partnered with the State Department to create the Strong Cities Network, a United Nations-affiliated initiative that seeks to combat “hate, polarization and extremism” abroad. As part of this arrangement, the State Department solicited several grants, naming ISD as a sub-awardee.

Pierre Omidyar’s Omidyar Group, George Soros’ Open Society Foundations, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and several European government agencies also fund the organization.

A significant portion of ISD’s work focuses on attacking conservatives, branding their discourse as “hateful” and/or disinformation.