Republicans take aim at State Department-funded censorship

House Republicans are turning up the pressure on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to answer questions about why U.S. taxpayer dollars went to a British nonprofit that polices what it deems "disinformation" online, with a special target on news outlets that are not left-leaning.

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) led 11 other members of Congress signing a letter Saturday to Blinken demanding to know why the State Department's Global Engagement Center and the U.S.-funded National Endowment for Democracy sent more than $650,000 to the British Global Disinformation Index in 2021. 

The disinformation group, which is also financially supported by progressive megadonor George Soros, says it gives "risk ratings" to advertisers to "help them avoid financially supporting disinformation online."