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==Background==
==Background==
The Disinformation Governance Board was announced and revealed to the public by the DHS on April 27, 2022, during a 2023 budget hearing before the [[United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security]].<ref name="Seitz" /> The board had begun operating two months prior to the announcement. The DHS had decided to form the board in 2021 after conducting research that recommended creating a group to "review questions of privacy and civil liberty for online content".<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last1=Myers |first1=Steven Lee |last2=Kanno-Youngs |first2=Zolan |author-link2=Zolan Kanno-Youngs |date=2 May 2022 |title=Partisan Fight Breaks Out Over New Disinformation Board |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/02/technology/partisan-dhs-disinformation-board.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=3 May 2022}}</ref> [[White House Press Secretary]] [[Jen Psaki]] said that the board is the "continuation of work that began in the DHS in 2020 under former President [[Donald Trump|Trump]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Willis |first=Haisten |date=April 29, 2022 |title=DHS disinformation board is continuation of Trump effort, White House says |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/dhs-disinformation-board-is-continuation-of-trump-effort-white-house-says |magazine=[[Washington Examiner]] |access-date=May 2, 2022}}</ref> The [[Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency]] has previously addressed the spread of what they referred to as "mis-, dis-, and [[malinformation]]", as well as addressing [[Russian interference in the 2020 United States elections|Russian disinformation]] as part of their election security efforts in 2020.<ref name="Blake" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Waldman |first1=Arielle |title=CISA: No election hacking, but plenty of misinformation |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252491788/CISA-No-election-hacking-but-plenty-of-misinformation |access-date=11 May 2022 |work=SearchSecurity |language=en}}</ref> CISA director [[Chris Krebs]] was fired by President Trump in November 2020 for refuting [[Big lie#Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election|Trump's false claims of election fraud]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Derek B. |title=DHS board reignites debate on proper role of feds when fighting disinformation |url=https://www.scmagazine.com/analysis/critical-infrastructure/dhs-board-reignites-debate-on-proper-role-of-feds-when-fighting-disinformation |website=www.scmagazine.com |access-date=19 May 2022 |language=en |date=5 May 2022}}</ref>
The Disinformation Governance Board was announced and revealed to the public by the DHS on April 27, 2022, during a 2023 budget hearing before the [[United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security]].<ref name="Seitz" /> The board had begun operating two months prior to the announcement. The DHS had decided to form the board in 2021 after conducting research that recommended creating a group to "review questions of privacy and civil liberty for online content".<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last1=Myers |first1=Steven Lee |last2=Kanno-Youngs |first2=Zolan |author-link2=Zolan Kanno-Youngs |date=2 May 2022 |title=Partisan Fight Breaks Out Over New Disinformation Board |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/02/technology/partisan-dhs-disinformation-board.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=3 May 2022}}</ref> [[White House Press Secretary]] [[Jen Psaki]] said that the board is the "continuation of work that began in the DHS in 2020 under former President [[Donald Trump|Trump]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Willis |first=Haisten |date=April 29, 2022 |title=DHS disinformation board is continuation of Trump effort, White House says |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/dhs-disinformation-board-is-continuation-of-trump-effort-white-house-says |magazine=[[Washington Examiner]] |access-date=May 2, 2022}}</ref> The [[Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency]] has previously addressed the spread of what they referred to as "mis-, dis-, and [[malinformation]]", as well as addressing [[Russian interference in the 2020 United States elections|Russian disinformation]] as part of their election security efforts in 2020.<ref name="Blake" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Waldman |first1=Arielle |title=CISA: No election hacking, but plenty of misinformation |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252491788/CISA-No-election-hacking-but-plenty-of-misinformation |access-date=11 May 2022 |work=SearchSecurity |language=en}}</ref> CISA director [[Chris Krebs]] was fired by President Trump in November 2020 for refuting [[Big lie#Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election|Trump's false claims of election fraud]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Derek B. |title=DHS board reignites debate on proper role of feds when fighting disinformation |url=https://www.scmagazine.com/analysis/critical-infrastructure/dhs-board-reignites-debate-on-proper-role-of-feds-when-fighting-disinformation |website=www.scmagazine.com |access-date=19 May 2022 |language=en |date=5 May 2022}}</ref>


After the board was announced, [[Nina Jankowicz]] was named executive director. She was previously a fellow at the [[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars|Wilson Center]], advised the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine)|Ukrainian Foreign Ministry]] as part of the Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship, oversaw Russia and Belarus programs at the [[National Democratic Institute]], and wrote the book ''How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict''.<ref name="HSToday">{{cite magazine |last=Johnson |first=Bridget |date=27 April 2022 |title=DHS Standing Up Disinformation Governance Board Led by Information Warfare Expert |url=https://www.hstoday.us/federal-pages/dhs/dhs-standing-up-disinformation-governance-board-led-by-information-warfare-expert/ |magazine=Homeland Security Today|access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nina Jankowicz |url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/nina-jankowicz |website=wilsoncenter.org |publisher=[[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]]|access-date=2022-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Daniels|first1=Eugene |last2=Bade|first2=Rachael |author-link2=Rachael Bade |last3=Lizza|first3=Ryan |author-link3=Ryan Lizza|date=2022-04-27 |title=POLITICO Playbook: Fauci pulls out of WHCD. Is Biden next? |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/04/27/fauci-pulls-out-of-whcd-is-biden-next-00028131|work=[[Politico]] |access-date=2022-04-29}}</ref> [[Robert P. Silvers]] and [[Jennifer Daskal]] were also named to hold leadership positions on the board.<ref name="HSToday" /> On May 18, Jankowicz resigned from her role as executive director.<ref name="dgb-pause" />
After the board was announced, [[Nina Jankowicz]] was named executive director. She was previously a fellow at the [[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars|Wilson Center]], advised the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine)|Ukrainian Foreign Ministry]] as part of the Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship, oversaw Russia and Belarus programs at the [[National Democratic Institute]], and wrote the book ''How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict''.<ref name="HSToday">{{cite magazine |last=Johnson |first=Bridget |date=27 April 2022 |title=DHS Standing Up Disinformation Governance Board Led by Information Warfare Expert |url=https://www.hstoday.us/federal-pages/dhs/dhs-standing-up-disinformation-governance-board-led-by-information-warfare-expert/ |magazine=Homeland Security Today|access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nina Jankowicz |url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/nina-jankowicz |website=wilsoncenter.org |publisher=[[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]]|access-date=2022-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Daniels|first1=Eugene |last2=Bade|first2=Rachael |author-link2=Rachael Bade |last3=Lizza|first3=Ryan |author-link3=Ryan Lizza|date=2022-04-27 |title=POLITICO Playbook: Fauci pulls out of WHCD. Is Biden next? |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/04/27/fauci-pulls-out-of-whcd-is-biden-next-00028131|work=[[Politico]] |access-date=2022-04-29}}</ref> [[Robert P. Silvers]] and [[Jennifer Daskal]] were also named to hold leadership positions on the board.<ref name="HSToday" /> On May 18, Jankowicz resigned from her role as executive director.<ref name="dgb-pause" />
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