Congressional witness Michael Shellenberger alleged Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security led the creation of a "censorship apparatus" by working with social media companies to censor Americans' speech.
"I think that if there's important cybersecurity activities happening in CISA [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency] that should continue, I think that they need to be under a different agency," he said during the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability hearing.
"Because this agency ... actively not just participated, but led this creation of this censorship apparatus," he added.
In 2022, the DHS helped launch a public-private partnership to flag and mass-report alleged election misinformation to social media platforms in 2020.
