Established Fact
CISA, acting outside its statutory authority, created the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) in July 2020 — staffed by Stanford University’s Internet Observatory, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, Graphika, and the Atlantic Council’s DFRLab — and used it to flag domestic political speech on social media platforms through a Jira ticket submission system. Content flagged included speech by the sitting President of the United States. A September 17, 2020 internal CISA email celebrated platform action “almost immediately” after flagging. Note: EIP’s own statement indicates one ticket was sent to the DNC to alert them to a factual error on their website; the House Judiciary staff report documents the overall architecture and flagging volume.
Citations
House Judiciary Committee Staff Report, “The Weaponization of CISA: How a ‘Cybersecurity’ Agency Colluded with Big Tech and ‘Disinformation’ Partners to Censor Americans” (Nov. 7, 2023) (confirming EIP created July 2020 at CISA’s request; confirming Stanford Internet Observatory, UW Center for an Informed Public, Graphika, and Atlantic Council DFRLab as EIP partners; confirming Jira ticket submission system; confirming content flagged included speech by sitting U.S. President).
House Judiciary Committee, Press Release (Nov. 7, 2023) (announcing report findings on CISA-EIP censorship partnership).
Election Integrity Partnership Statement (EIP’s own statement confirming its structure and activities; note: EIP states one ticket was sent to the DNC to alert them to a factual error on their own website — not documenting the DNC as an asymmetric participant submitting tickets; RNC reportedly declined to participate; agent notes this characterization is based on EIP’s own account and the House Judiciary staff report).