Die CIA gibt bekannt, dass sie die Veröffentlichung des World Factbook, einer kostenlosen Online-Ressource, die von Millionen Menschen genutzt wird, einstellen wird
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/cia-closes-world-factbook-online-resource/106307724?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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This administration thinks that facts are the enemy.
There are many reasons this was a government publication. Yet another short sighted decision that coincidentally benefits US foes.
This administration has something against science, facts and knowledge. I swear to god. How expensive is it to publish this??? We have billions for effing 🧊 and the military, but we can’t publish a little online factbook? It’s not like the CIA doesn’t need to collect this info anyways! Are people in his administration little dumbasses who feel insecure about their low intelligence??
Leave it to the Trump administration to take the Intelligence out of C(I)A.
It’s premise of „facts“ and „verifiable reality“ meant it would never last under the current administration where denying reality is seen as a declaration of loyalty and thus the opposite is treason.
Facts are ‚Woke‘.
Lawyer up. Hit the gym. Delete Factbook.
That was my go to source for reviewing per country TFR (total fertility rate) for a while. The only useful thing I ever got out of this disastrous organization.
US gov will stop printing propaganda…? good
Was this the one that was insanely racist?
Our chuds have never heard of it. This order came from Moscow.
I’m not sure why anyone would turn to the CIA for honest information brokering.
Who needs public resources when you can have Trump University FREEDOM FACTS *Powered By Grok* for just 9.99 $TRUMP coins a month!
If and when there’s another administration, they’re not going to be able to get shit done fixing and reversing everything.
I used this for so many school projects as a kid. Remember when government sources were credible?
Republicans doing their best to hamstring and gut every agency, board, organization, and government entity so they can point to their failures later and ask, “why are we wasting money on that? We have billionaires to help!”
Good.
I dunno. I travel internationally a lot and I’ve never put much faith in anything I see in any document from the CIA. I was always aware of that resource but I never used it for anything because I didn’t trust it.Certainly under Trump their credibility would be even lower than that.
So I don’t understand this article’s sad nostalgic tone. If you’re ever going to travel overseas you need to learn to do your homework.
This is the only good thing the CIA does, too.
Whyyyy?
The Republican party and thier donors are traitors to the United States of America.
The amount of people who are seemingly upset by this are really showing their insane bias. This „factbook“ is the definition of bias propaganda. Imagine if Russia had a „KGB Factbook“. No one in their right mind would *ever* trust anything in it.
I hope there’s an archived page somewhere
Instead they’re now going to publish The World Alternative Factbook.
Yeah because I was really chomping at the bit to read the CIA-curated “fact”book. Be for real. They’ve been the shadiest motherfuckers since their conception.
If it were an agency in another country, we’d call it a secret police or a ministry of propaganda or something. If it’s our country, they call themselves an “intelligence agency” and people take it at face value. You are not immune to propaganda.
Seems like a normal thing a free govt would do for no reason.
Damn. I remember using this as a source on essays in like 7th grade haha.
Gotta shut down everything good that is left of America…
Next: China publishes World Factbook.
Ignorance is bliss.
It’s hardly surprising that an intelligence agency operating under the auspices of the Trump administration would cease dealing with facts.
Well of course. One more thing to keep the citizens in the dark. Oh wait, it doesn’t have to be this aay 😡
The number of people here commenting on something they never used and claiming the CIA Factbook was propaganda is too damn high!
Could any one of you provide just one example of anything published in the Factbook that even *could* be propaganda?
Like real propaganda, not „The CIA is shorting the actual elevation of a mountain by several feet in order to f*ck with people“.
Literally, the website (or book) I used for my first international trip in… 1997.
Ah yes, more money for grift.
There is no need for facts anymore.
One thing to become subscription based.
Who knew Project 2025 was literally 1984? Oh wait everyone who read the book? Yup.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four)
The entire data collection system is falling apart because of Trump.
It’s funny how the “traditionalists” destroy all positive traditions.
Its good for their reputation rather than them publishing the World Book of Lies under Trump.
It’s already gone.
It’s a war on truth.
I read these as a kid! Absolutely was obsessed with countries. They have been online forever now. Why is this administration so a dime t to be at war with information?!