“Surprisingly,” Portman continued, “there is currently no single U.S. governmental agency or department charged with the national level development, integration and synchronization of whole-of-government strategies to counter foreign propaganda and disinformation.”
Though putatively aimed to counter purported disinformation abroad, text of the bill hints the effort would operate on some level within the U.S., as well — or at least cracks the door to widening that scope and focus in the future.
“Whether it’s counter-propaganda, whether it’s counter-extremism, we just really have to come to terms with the fact the United States government is not always the most credible voice in these debates,” said Kristin Lord, CEO of IREX, a non-profit organization promoting ‘global change,’ at a meeting of the Atlantic Council in March. “So we have to invest in the people who are making the credible arguments.”
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-0...ministry-truth
By the way, the feds want to hand over the innernets to China or whoever, so they can censor the web more to their liking.
"One, Ted Cruz, has put forward a new bill called the Protecting Internet Freedom Act, that would "prevent the Obama administration from giving the Internet away to a global organization that will allow over 160 foreign governments to have increased influence over the management and operation of the Internet.""
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06...rivate_sector/
Imagine China ruling the innernets.
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