According to the Foundation For Freedom Online, the "US gov't is paying millions of dollars to censorship mercenary firms to build up a snitch network of citizen informants to report private text messages on WhatsApp for 'misinformation' - then create a vast database of banned memes & ideas." The organization claimed that U.S. taxpayer funded non-governmental organizations (such as Meeden who received a $5.7 million grant) are contracting citizen data collection firms (such as the Algorithmic Transparency Institute) to monitor and log comments/posts made by online (social media) users then compile a list (using Al) of messages and images/videos that are then flagged as mis/dis/mal-information so that a "whole of government" approach can be taken to remove/censor shares of the flagged content. One of Meedan's products, "Check", "allows users on private messaging platforms (WhatsApp, Messenger, and Telegram are specifically named) to report "misinformation" in private chats through a tipline".