Guarding Democracy from News

As Orwellian as the Disinformation Governance Board may be, it's not even the most immediate threat to our freedom of speech, writes John Kiriakou. 



By John Kiriakou 
Original to ScheerPost
The past month has seen blows against freedom of speech for independent news outlets and, indeed, for

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