Washington state moves to create 'ministry of truth' to tackle 'anti-LGBTQ and anti-science misinformation'

A Washington State House bill was voted out of committee last week that would create a 13-member commission within the office of the Attorney General to develop a data collection process on incidents of “domestic violent extremism (DVE).”

Domestic violent extremism is not defined in the legislation but according to State Attorney General Bob Ferguson's description, it would include noncriminal activities and speech.

HB 1333 sponsored by Democratic Rep. Bill Ramos would create the Domestic Violent Extremism Commission to develop ways to combat “disinformation and misinformation.”