The government of Argentine President Javier Milei announced the creation of the so-called Official Response Office. The function of the body will be to publicly refute information classified by management as false or distorted in the media and in political debate.
Created on the 5th, the counts no X entitled Oficina de Respuesta Oficial, it already brings together ten publications, in which it responds to political comments, news and opinion articles.
In a statement, the government stated that simply disclosing information would not be enough given the spread of misinformation. The new structure will act to “disprove lies, point out concrete falsehoods and expose media and political operations”, according to the text.
In this official note, also published on X, the administration reported that, unlike censorship, the initiative defends freedom of expression through an institutional voice dedicated to challenging information considered misleading.
Milei’s initiative is compared to that of Donald Trump
“We are going to combat disinformation by offering more information, exactly the opposite of what political sectors linked to the left do when they govern, when they seek to censor opponents both in traditional media and on social networks”, informs the note.
Authorities denied that the initiative was intended to persuade the population or impose an official narrative. According to the government, the intention is to allow society to differentiate facts from interpretations or political disputes.
The measure has been compared to similar initiatives recently announced in the United States by the Donald Trump government, which launched a platform aimed at classifying media outlets regarding alleged editorial bias and challenging information considered false about the federal administration.
