White House Internet Advisory System

Scary chain emails and videos are starting to percolate on the internet, breathlessly claiming, for example, to "uncover" the truth about my health insurance reform positions.

As part of my effort to push back on the misinformation about health insurance reform, I've launched a new White House Internet Advisory System. With the advice from the Department of Homeland Security, some websites and blogs will contain a color-coded banner that indicates their current threat level.

RED (SEVERE)  - Severe Risk of Disinformation
ORANGE (HIGH)  - High Risk of Disinformation
YELLOW (ELEVATED)  - Significant Risk of Disinformation
BLUE (GUARDED)  - General Risk of Disinformation
GREEN (LOW)  - Low Risk of Disinformation.

Color-coded banners will be surreptitiously inserted in the upper right section of the website/blog page containing the questionable information. The advanced underlying NSA technology of these "banners" will prevent their removal by the webmaster/blogger.

There is a lot of disinformation out there. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to [email protected].

We'll get our team of crack coders on the job immediately and code the blog or site so that you know who you can trust and who you can't.

Yet another example of the new era of openness and unprecedented transparency you've come to expect from the Obama Administration.