{"id":223301,"date":"2025-04-17T12:58:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=223301"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:54:20","slug":"the-briefing-2025-04-17","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2025-04-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration shutters office countering foreign disinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2da805bbc112966b wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a0428f7a112b0d86 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-e332d8b298f95a2c wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> Trump administration shutters office countering foreign disinformation<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> New White House policy restricts wire services\u2019 access to the president<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Trump admin to request that Congress rescind federal funds for CPB<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Americans are now less likely to say the government or tech companies should restrict violent content online<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c0f096bd11cc2967 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-6cc778becf3578b1 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udd25&nbsp;<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-5f6ee836abc73482 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>The&nbsp;<strong>Trump administration<\/strong>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/16\/trump-state-department-foreign-disinformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shuttering the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R\/FIMI) Hub<\/a>, a small office in the State Department\u2019s Office of Public Diplomacy that tracks and counters foreign disinformation campaigns. Republican lawmakers have previously alleged that the office was involved in censoring American conservative voices, though prior&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/national-security\/5252129-marco-rubio-state-department-shutters-foreign-disinf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuits against the office<\/a>&nbsp;have not succeeded.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-5ea5bc5aa525b6d6 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/04\/14\/support-dips-for-us-government-tech-companies-restricting-false-or-violent-online-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new Pew Research Center study<\/a>&nbsp;asked Americans whether the U.S. government should take steps to restrict false information online, or if freedom of information should be protected. About half of Americans (51%) say the&nbsp;<strong>U.S. government should take steps to restrict false information online,<\/strong>&nbsp;even if it limits freedom of information. This has ticked down slightly from 55% in 2023.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2dde93ef04c7c921 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-84484b84736c3823 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-9f67f3b77b957a9a wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">New <strong>White House<\/strong> policy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/white-house-starting-new-media-policy-sharply-curtailing-wire-service-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">limits wire services\u2019 access<\/a> to <strong>Trump<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Nonprofit newsroom <strong>Houston Landing<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/news\/houston-landing-closing-closure-lay-off-43-employees-texas-tribune-chronicle-morning-news.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to close after two years<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>TikTok <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/tiktok-launches-footnotes-like-community-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to launch Footnotes<\/a>, its own version of X\u2019s <strong>Community Notes <\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">A look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2025\/04\/multi-local-newsrooms-aim-to-get-more-news-to-more-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regional hubs<\/a> as a model for <strong>local news reporting<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/palin-ny-times-defamation-case-retrial-rcna201168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Retrial begins in the defamation case<\/a><strong> <\/strong>brought by<strong> Sarah Palin <\/strong>against <strong>The New York Times<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Russia <\/strong>jails four journalists for allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/apr\/15\/russia-jails-journalists-links-alexei-navalny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">working with anti-corruption group<\/a> founded by <strong>Alexei Navalny<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/04\/gaza-photojournalist-cannes-doc-killed-israeli-strike-1236370699\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Palestinian photojournalist killed<\/a> in <strong>Israeli <\/strong>strike on <strong>Gaza<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-f197224a31a4a993 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20px !important\" data-height=\"20px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2da4cc06863b508e wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcc5&nbsp;<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-483da541a9e1d88a wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>The Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/2025\/04\/15\/npr-pbs-funding-trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will request that Congress rescind funding<\/a> already approved for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the publicly funded nonprofit that partially funds NPR and PBS. The request to cut funding is expected to be sent later this month when lawmakers return from recess.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-de7e01e9bfcf2151 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>According to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/03\/26\/americans-more-likely-to-support-than-oppose-continuing-federal-funding-for-npr-and-pbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center survey<\/a> conducted in March, about a quarter of U.S. adults (24%) say Congress should remove federal funding from NPR and PBS.\u00a0<strong>Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to support ending federal funding for public media.<\/strong>\u00a0Among Republicans and GOP-leaning independents, 44% say Congress should end funding for NPR and PBS, while 19% say funding should continue and 37% say they are not sure. By contrast, 5% of Democrats and Democratic leaners say federal funding for NPR and PBS should be cut off, while 69% say funding should continue and 26% are not sure.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-b2295dc2305ad85a wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-77b7d593d6b5de91 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcca&nbsp;<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-9f63b619bb758c2e wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Our chart this week looks at Americans\u2019 attitudes toward restricting violent content online. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/04\/14\/support-dips-for-us-government-tech-companies-restricting-false-or-violent-online-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our new analysis<\/a>, about half of U.S. adults (52%) support the government taking steps to restrict extremely violent content online, down from 60% in 2023. And 58% say tech companies should take action to restrict this content on their platforms, a decline from 71% two years ago.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-ab29214e3ddc0554 wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block size-640-wide is-resized\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"center\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/SR_25.04.14_content-moderation_4.png?resize=519,1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"ng-image\" style=\"border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" width=\"420\" height=\"829\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-3688da822b3128d1 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-feff91841c5a8eac wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-affdf9ea8d958fb3 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Christopher St. Aubin, Luxuan Wang and Emily Tomasik. 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