Eventually, these narratives led to the censorship of true information. The Foundation for Freedom Online has compiled some of the top examples:
1. Targeting of Domestic "Malinformation."
There are three categories used by the censorship industry and its government partners to distinguish between speech violations on social media: dis- mis- and mal- information (MDM). The DHS's Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) has been at the forefront of popularizing the MDM framework. They maintain an entire website for MDM resources (as documented by FFO, it was later scrubbed to remove all mentions of targeting domestic speech).
They define disinformation as speech that is deliberately created to mislead, harm, or manipulate. Misinformation is information that is factually incorrect, but not on purpose. The third level of bannable speech - "malinformation" - is defined as factually accurate, true speech that is deemed to be taken out of or lacking context. In other words, malinformation is information that is completely true or accurate, but used in the wrong way.
Comment: Excellent example of doubleplusgood doublespeak. Orwell had nothing on these folks.
Comment: If it is indeed correct that the perpetrator was known to authorities, it's reasonable to question whether someone had foreknowledge that an attack like this might happen. Because, in a number of instances, there's strong evidence showing that the establishment actually facilitated the attack. That said, it's also possible that the perpetrator just 'went off':