The new PM has vowed to appoint a Cabinet of 'all the talents' as he tries to foster party unity. He told MPs yesterday that he wanted his government to represent the 'views and opinions' from across the Conservative Party.

The watchdog launched its probe last year after then Integrity Commissioner Nikola Stepanov raised concerns about the laptop being taken from her office without her knowledge or permission by public servants.

Speaking to a camera inside Conservative HQ after being welcomed by MPs (pictured), Rishi Sunak said the UK is a 'great country' and vowed to work 'day in and day out', but pointed to serious economic problems

"No, I don't believe it changed direction at all, and importantly, the decisions made in relation to that matter ... I actually took no role in the specific decisions," Mr Barbour told a parliamentary committee on Thursday.

Mr Sunak faces a £40bn black hole in the public finances amid speculation he could delay the Halloween Budget, while his new Cabinet must also deal with skyrocketing energy bills and soaring inflation that has left families struggling amid a cost-of-living crisis.

"There are any number of reasons that you're all well aware of about why staff would be feeling concerned about their roles, concerned about how their work is perceived externally, dealing with critical views that are expressed constantly about their work," he said.

In a swipe at Boris Johnson, who dramatically pulled out of the Tory leadership battle on Sunday night, Mr Sunak said the 'mandate' from the 2019 election did not belong to any individual.

He also stressed his government will have 'integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level'.

The US Department of Homeland Security is pursuing a sprawling campaign against online 'disinformation' through close partnerships with social media companies, raising concerns about encroachments on free speech, according to a new report. 

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Still, the dangers of such crackdowns were illustrated in the closing days of the 2020 election, when Twitter and Facebook limited or banned sharing of the New York Post's reports on Hunter Biden's international business dealings.

But the likes of Ben Wallace, popular among party members, is believed to be at risk of losing his role as Defence Secretary amid claims defence could be one of the areas cut as Sunak looks to fill the £40bn budget black hole.

Officials categorize that dangerous speech as misinformation (false information spread unintentionally), disinformation (false information spread intentionally), and malinformation (factual information shared with ill intent, Https://Aselah-ejabat.com/index.php/user/ricecast51 often out of context).

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'It is axiomatic that the government cannot do indirectly what it is prohibited from doing directly. If government officials are directing or facilitating such censorship, it raises serious First Amendment questions.' 

Those in the San Francisco building are anxiously waiting for an email with the subject ‘Your Role at Twitter' to drop into their inboxes by 9am today, while those in New York will find out their fates at 12pm.

'One could argue we're in the business of critical infrastructure, and Gadgetinku.com the most critical infrastructure is our cognitive infrastructure, so building that resilience to misinformation and disinformation, I think, is incredibly important,' Easterly said at a conference in November 2021. 

The documents show that Facebook has a special online portal for DHS and other government officials to request content moderation, and that the federal department plans to target 'inaccurate information' on a wide array of topics. 

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (left) and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (right) filed a suit last month accusing the Biden administration of working with social media companies to censor disfavored viewpoints.

And with the midterm elections looming in one week, defenders of crackdowns on disinformation point to a documented history of foreign influence campaigns attempting to trick Americans with phony social media accounts. 

Those hot-button topics include 'the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, racial justice, US withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the nature of US support to Ukraine,' according to a draft copy of DHS's Quadrennial Homeland Security Review cited in the report.

The report indicates that most of the government's work on disinformation is taking place within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), a DHS sub-agency created during the Trump administration with a broad mandate to protect US infrastructure.