Attorney General Cameron Voices Opposition to Biden Administration’s ‘Disinformation Governance Board’

Joins multi-state letter arguing that the proposed Board promotes government censorship and will harm Americans’ First Amendment rights

FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 5, 2022) – Attorney General Daniel Cameron today submitted a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas opposing the Biden Administration’s creation of a “Disinformation Governance Board.” The letter argues that the Board violates the constitutional rights of Americans to speak freely, debate, and disagree with the government.

“The Biden Administration’s creation of a Disinformation Governance Board poses a serious threat to the First Amendment rights of Kentuckians and citizens across the country,” said Attorney General Cameron.  “We must be able to disagree and debate without having those opinions labeled as misinformation by a government board.”

The attorneys general argue that the Disinformation Governance Board would further government-censorship rather than protect freedom of speech. The coalition also writes that the Board’s creation is an example of federal overreach because there is no statutory authority to support its inception.

The letter states that “the Disinformation Governance Board, by its very existence, and almost certainly by design, threatens to ‘enforce silence’ when Americans wish to express views disfavored by the Administration. It is therefore already chilling free speech and impeding the political process in Virginia and every other State. This is unconstitutional, illegal, and un-American.”

Attorney General Cameron joined attorneys general from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia in signing the letter.

Read the letter here.