State Department announces closure of ‘censorship’ hub

Published April 16, 2025 4:22pm ET



The U.S. State Department has reportedly placed all full-time staff who were previously reshuffled to a remnant of what critics call its censorship office on administrative leave as the agency moves to gut the government arm altogether.

Known as the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Hub, or R/FIMI, the soon-to-be dismantled small outfit within the State Department’s Office of Public Diplomacy currently monitors, flags, and counters content deemed “foreign disinformation.”

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