The federal government’s efforts to censor “misinformation” and “disinformation” online – which appears to be spearheaded by the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – is being aided and abetted by a host of private-sector companies and left-wing non-profits.
Below is a list of the individuals and their corporate affiliations who’ve been placed on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)’s Cybersecurity Advisory Committee. Announced on December 1st, 2021, the cohort “will advise and provide recommendations to the Director on policies, programs, planning, and training to enhance the nation’s cyber defense.”
One of its primary focus areas is “combating misinformation and disinformation,” which the CISA press release admits is reliant on “transforming public-private partnership into true operational collaboration.”
CISA has come under recent scrutiny for its efforts, revealed via internal documents, to censor information about “the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, racial justice, U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the nature of U.S. support to Ukraine” on various social media platforms. The agency also played a critical role in the “removal of President Trump,” per internal communications released from Twitter.
Below is a list of the individuals on CISA’s Cybersecurity Advisory Committee:
- Ms. Marene Allison, Chief Information Security Officer, Johnson & Johnson
- Ms. Lori Beer, Chief Information Officer, JPMorgan Chase
- Mr. Ronald Green, Executive Vice President and Chief Security Officer, Mastercard
- Mr. Matthew Prince, Chief Executive Officer, Cloudflare & World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer
- Ms. Vijaya Gadde, Legal, Public Policy & Trust and Safety Lead, Twitter
- Ms. Nuala O’Connor, Senior Vice President & Chief Counsel, Digital Citizenship, Walmart
- Ms. Nicole Wong, Principal, NWong Strategies & Former Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer in the Obama Administration
- Ms. Nicole Perlroth, New York Times Cybersecurity Journalist
- Mr. Chris Young, Executive Vice President of Business Development, Strategy, and Ventures, Microsoft
- Mr. Stephen Schmidt, Chief Information Security Officer, Amazon Web Services
- Mr. George Stathakopoulos, Vice President of Corporate Information Security, Apple
- Mr. Alex Stamos, Partner, Krebs Stamos Group
- Ms. Niloofar Razi Howe, Board Member, Tenable
- Mr. Steve Adler, Mayor, City of Austin, Texas & Vice President of the National Council of Democratic Mayors
- Mr. Robert Chesney, James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs, University of Texas School of Law
- Mr. Thomas Fanning, Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company
- Dr. Patrick Gallagher, Chancellor, University of Pittsburg
- Mr. Kevin Mandia, Chief Executive Officer, Mandiant
- Mr. Jeff Moss, President, DEF CON Communications
- Mr. Ted Schlein, General Partner, Kleiner Perkins; and Caufield & Byers
- Ms. Suzanne Spaulding, Senior Advisor for Homeland Security, CSIS
- Dr. Kate Starbird, Associate Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington
- Brigadier General Alicia Tate-Nadeau (ARNG-Ret.), Director, Illinois Emergency Management Agency