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The Bill:
H.R.6393 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Partial of sec. 501:
"501.
Committee to counter active measures by the Russian Federation to exert covert influence over peoples and governments
(a)
Definitions
In this section:
(1)
Active measures by Russia to exert covert influence
The term active measures by Russia to exert covert influence means activities intended to influence a person or government that are carried out in coordination with, or at the behest of, political leaders or the security services of the Russian Federation and the role of the Russian Federation has been hidden or not acknowledged publicly, including the following:
(A)
Establishment or funding of a front group.
(B)
Covert broadcasting.
(C)
Media manipulation.
(D)
Disinformation and forgeries.
(E)
Funding agents of influence."
Interesting bill inclusion especially considering that many of our our own domestic news outlets have been doing exactly the same thing for years including attempting to influence elections, maybe the U.S. media giants are afraid of a little competition? It is no secret that Hillary Clinton and her election team has not only blamed the American F.B.I. but also unnamed Russian hackers and Russian propagandists for her loss and this interesting speech before the election:
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Now we could dismiss this as politics as usual, fear mongering, finger pointing, and whatever other tactics to manipulate voters by H.C. but now we have a bill that was passed almost unanimously that will most likely fund further efforts to curb so called propaganda from Russian news sites.
H.R.6393 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Partial of sec. 501:
"501.
Committee to counter active measures by the Russian Federation to exert covert influence over peoples and governments
(a)
Definitions
In this section:
(1)
Active measures by Russia to exert covert influence
The term active measures by Russia to exert covert influence means activities intended to influence a person or government that are carried out in coordination with, or at the behest of, political leaders or the security services of the Russian Federation and the role of the Russian Federation has been hidden or not acknowledged publicly, including the following:
(A)
Establishment or funding of a front group.
(B)
Covert broadcasting.
(C)
Media manipulation.
(D)
Disinformation and forgeries.
(E)
Funding agents of influence."
Interesting bill inclusion especially considering that many of our our own domestic news outlets have been doing exactly the same thing for years including attempting to influence elections, maybe the U.S. media giants are afraid of a little competition? It is no secret that Hillary Clinton and her election team has not only blamed the American F.B.I. but also unnamed Russian hackers and Russian propagandists for her loss and this interesting speech before the election:
DOES CONTAIN PROFANITY
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