Andrew Lowenthal

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How the US Government Built the Anti-Disinformation Field

1 week ago | brownstone.org | Andrew Lowenthal

Today, liber-net is launching a searchable database of almost 900 US federal government awards to counter mis-, dis-, and malinformation (MDM) and other content moderation initiatives, covering the period from 2010 to 2025.
Where the Money Went: USG Funding to Counter-Mis/Disinformation Initiatives

1 month ago | brownstone.org | Andrew Lowenthal

Last week, my non-profit liber-net unveiled a new database of US government awards to mis-dis-and-malinformation (MDM) and other content control initiatives. A previous Network Affects post broke down where that money came from. This one details where the money went, specifically the countries, regions, topics, and activities, and the top organisations that took home the cash.
Key Nodes of Federal Government Censorship

2 months ago | brownstone.org | Andrew Lowenthal

Over the past three weeks, anyone interested in free speech (or not) has been on the receiving end of a non-consensual firehouse of flood-the-zone information warfare. Every man and his DOGE has chimed in, capturing via screenshot a score of Osama bin Laden of censorship hideouts – “It’s USAID!” “It’s NED!” “It’s NIH”!USAID in particular has been made responsible for everything, from funding chemtrails in Naples to biting your own cheek.
The USAID Demolition Derby

2 months ago | dailytelegraph.co.nz | Andrew Lowenthal

Last week, DOGE dismantled USAID demolition derby-style. The cheers and roars echoed as fragments of the agency splintered across the internet. However most of the scandalous grants that magnetised the attention of X users didn’t come as the result of any DOGE files, but from USASpending.gov, a government website publishing government grants and contracts online.
The USAID Demolition Derby

Mar 4, 2025 | brownstone.org | Andrew Lowenthal

Last week, DOGE dismantled USAID’s demolition derby-style. The cheers and roars echoed as fragments of the agency splintered across the internet. However most of the scandalous grants that magnetised the attention of X users didn’t come as the result of any DOGE files, but from USASpending.gov, a government website publishing government grants and contracts online.
Free Speech Wins the Culture War

Dec 15, 2024 | brownstone.org | Andrew Lowenthal

“Gradually, then suddenly,” Hemingway’s bankruptcy quote can just as easily be applied to politics. If you had told me six months ago that a motley crew of free speech advocates would deal a thumping blow to the censorship leviathan I would have been deeply sceptical. I had thought the Twitter Files would be the blow, but it turns out that was just a softening-up affair.
Australia has shown the way on free speech

Nov 26, 2024 | unherd.com | Andrew Lowenthal

AustraliaCensorshipCovidFree SpeechrestofworldSociety In what might be a world first, the Australian parliament has just dealt a death blow to counter-disinformation legislation that threatened to fundamentally reshape the country’s free speech landscape.
Universities shred their ethics to aid Biden’s social-media censorship

Oct 12, 2024 | nypost.com | Jay Bhattacharya |Andrew Lowenthal

These academics served as a front for the government's censorship policy, essentially laundering it in the name of science. Shutterstock Censorship in the digital age does not look like old-fashioned book burning.
The Australian Government Reboots the Misinformation Bill

Sep 22, 2024 | dailytelegraph.co.nz | Andrew Lowenthal

This week Australia’s Labor Party reintroduced its misinformation and disinformation bill. I did a deep dive into the bill last May. Among its many flaws, the biggest is its very origins. As Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said in Parliament on September 12, “This bill seeks to strengthen the voluntary code by providing a regulatory backstop.” That code was co-written by First Draft, participants in the Aspen Institute’s coordinated effort to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story.
The Australian Government Reboots the Misinformation Bill

Sep 20, 2024 | brownstone.org | Andrew Lowenthal

This week Australia’s Labor Party reintroduced its misinformation and disinformation bill. I did a deep dive into the bill last May. Among its many flaws, the biggest is its very origins. As Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said in Parliament on September 12, “This bill seeks to strengthen the voluntary code by providing a regulatory backstop.” That code was co-written by First Draft, participants in the Aspen Institute’s coordinated effort to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story.