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Pausing their work now, while there are no elections occurring, to ensure the work they are doing is inline with their statutory responsibilities seems like a g
by aerostable_slug 2y ago
Pausing their work now, while there are no elections occurring, to ensure the work they are doing is inline with their statutory responsibilities seems like a good idea.
To the point of HN: it seems clear from the article that their work on hardening voting systems is not what's being targeted. What is being targeted are alleged coordination activities between government and private industry to silence particular narratives, and similar work that supposedly counters misinformation, work that is questionably within the scope of the agency.
- croes 2y agoYep, we remember Vance: no fact checking.
- neogodless 2y agoWhat frightens me are the lessons from history we are so loathe to learn. That people are more concerned about supposed private "censorship" from splintered private organizations than they are from a single government that is in power, and aspires to maintain power should really give you pause to consider. And that some want organizations that combat false, misleading information that was proven to be false in hundreds of court case to be restricted from doing that is very worrisome.
- basementcat 2y ago> Pausing their work now, while there are no elections occurring, to ensure the work they are doing is inline with their statutory responsibilities seems like a good idea. I really hope you're being sarcastic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_elections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_elections
- mdhb 2y agoComment history suggests it’s not sarcasm on their behalf.