Social media companies are collaborating with the Department of Homeland Security's initiative against online misinformation, The Intercept reported Monday, revealing a special portal hosted by Facebook for government officials to request user content be suppressed."The Department is deeply committed to doing all of its work in a way that protects Americans' freedom of speech, civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy," read DHS statement regarding the program, which was paused just months after it was announced following extreme backlash from critics who drew parallels to the Ministry of Truth that churned out propaganda in the novel "1984."The Intercept's reporting found, through reviewing internal DHS documents, that the organization targeted information it deemed to be "inaccurate" about "the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, racial justice, US withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the nature of US support to Ukraine" that was posted on social media.On Facebook, using a portal called the Content Request System, The Intercept reported, government officials from DHS as well as law enforcement officers can directly submit reports about posts that were deemed subversive or suspicious.Owner Mark Zuckerberg himself confirmed in an interview with Joe Rogan the platform cooperated with the FBI to suppress reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop, saying it "fit the pattern" of posts the platform had been advised to look out for."