Information about HIV was removed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Late Friday, census.gov appeared to be down. Earlier in the afternoon, links to U.S. Census data sets sent users to the message, “an error occurred while processing this directive.” And research data from national surveys of American children called the “Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System” also wasn’t available on Friday.
Americans looking for information on various federal websites were out of luck Friday, Jan. 31. Many government web pages went dark, including some with public health data and the website for the U.S. Census Bureau. It’s part of the response to a memo President Donald Trump signed Wednesday, Jan. 29, restricting government agencies from providing outward-facing media like websites and social media accounts that “promote gender ideology.”
The Trump administration put a short pause on most federal government websites Friday evening in an effort to eliminate DEI content and any language opposed to President Trump’s agenda, Fox News Digital has learned. A Trump administration official told Fox News Digital that federal government websites went dark at around 5:00 p.m. Friday evening. The websites are now back up and running. The purpose was to remove content that is "anti-Trump administration" and against the president's agenda.