{"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-135d2ab7648e1f54 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-e2efccb216329e76 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-46c8dd5cb26c9512 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-490ddd46204b5a0c 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-9b375f71e33a44a0 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-bfc095b6bf8943a0 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-84e1f9055279095f 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-c783d707a995377b 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-ab36fd6994df1c07 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-64d47428444cf23d 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-bf1cf1c7163d2e1d 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-a9ef9f6528a57909 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-d8129898b7fd1dc7 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-e1e0f256ae10893c 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-daade17d534c4bc6 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-68c412bb0990bf71 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-cdf3351cbb891d2c 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-77dda596fd7e79a8 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-72d6ecca02bf21b8 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-8ef628ec1535606b 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-f77dc8ac2cdc6239 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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