# Nina Jankowicz Nina Jankowicz is a disinformation researcher and author who briefly led the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's short-lived Disinformation Governance Board in 2022 — a body that collapsed within weeks after a coordinated right-wing campaign branded her a "disinformation czar" and a "[[Ministry of Truth]]." She became a frequent target of the online right and of House Republicans' Weaponization subcommittee. In 2024 she co-founded and leads the [[American Sunlight Project]], a nonprofit dedicated to countering [[Disinformation]] and defending the researchers who study it. > [!note] Stub > Minimum-viable page created to resolve a wikilink. Expand with her books, the Disinformation Governance Board episode, and the harassment campaign against her. ## Vilnius, 2026 Jankowicz spoke at EU DisinfoLab's [[Disinfo2026 Conference]] in Vilnius in October 2026, after the US State Department pushed sponsoring governments away from it. "States, and state-affiliated agencies, shouldn't have control over the program," she told Tech Policy Press. ## See Also - [[American Sunlight Project]] - [[Disinformation]]