'Silenced Americans': Rubio shuttering disinfo office amid surge in foreign influence ops

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the government is shutting down a State Department office meant to fight foreign disinformation, alleging it "spent millions of dollars to actively silence and censor the voices of Americans," according to a new report.

Rubio accused the office, called the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office, or R/FIMI, of censoring Americans, particularly on social media, as well as targeting foreign lies, The Washington Post reported.