The House of Represenatives just passed a "Fake News" bill, and nobody in the media talked about it
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Section 501 states the United States Government has sole authority over deciding what is or what isn't "fake news", and will enact serious penalties against them
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can someone explain what's in the "fake news" bill? how the fuck could you even regulate something like this?
what the fuck?
if it makes you feel bad and question the MSM narrative, its fake. soon the onion will go down because of this. this is the death of satire and freedom of speech
That bill is just an appropriations bill for intel agencies. The OP is fake news. And gay.
>the government can decide what is fake news
>Trump becomes the government in little more than a month
>uses it to destroy the lying press
>fast forward to the early 2020s
>mainstream outlets are too scared of writing anything bad about Trump because many got shut down over the fake news bill
thanks Obama!
Congrats, pol. You just had to meme! You 've just enabled greater government censorship of the media, but dem memes doh, dem memes.
wait what? Seriously?
you mean the birth of satire, sarcasm, and freedom of speech
now isn't the time for us to run and hide.
patrick henry's give me liberty or give me death speech is more important for us now more than ever.
so the part in the bill where they talk about using government agencies to combat media manipulation from the russian federation is just bullshit? im not actually reading it?
read section 501
Its just how intelligence agencies are going to deal with foreign propaganda
This
looks more like an intelligence appropriations bill. if anything it would only be used to combat fake news abroad. can you cite the specific section concerned with "fake news" in the US?
You seem to think our plan is one of censorship.
What we propose to do is not censorship, it's to create context.
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>i'm a dumb nigger that can't read.
seems legit.
that's what i thought. i got my comment off 8 seconds after you
>keep hearing about fake news
>mfw initially thought "fake news" was all those click-bait spam websites
>"good, delete all that fucking thrash"
>Learn they actually meant Pizzagate
>mfw
So they are doing this when Trump is about to become president?
Too late, are they retarted?
Don't they realize Trump and Bannon will use this against the MSM?
>its nothing goy, go back to sleep
Yeah basically anything that could possibly say anything bad about Obama or Hillary is what they mean.
I think it's more like a plan to cockblock Trump from making too much conservative progress in the next 2 years
Freedom of the press is a pretty clear right given by the constitution. Something like this will never make it past the supreme court, and media people are the types of people who will take it to the supreme court.
Coming after 1A like a pack of wild niggers after a welfare check
>congress.gov
>implying this has anything to do with Obama.
Please get rolled over by Hitler again
La Li Lu Le Lo
Fake news detected
>Introduced by a Republican
>Still believe (R)s are the party of small government
funny how this gets passed in the year when the msm gets exposed beyond a shadow of a doubt to be a propaganda machine of the government.
Whats the big deal? Just like don't do what the government tells you to ;)
Fake news...
NBC CNN ABC CBS WaPo and NYT
Yea I am sure things like the Free Syrian Army being angels or all those college girls who claimed to be raped but weren't are not a part of that bill.
Rip "the onion"
Fake news is whatever is not a leftist website or the MSM
it's just a comittee. there's not any new criminal laws.
>Russian Federation has been hidden or not acknowledged publicly, including the following:
>(C) Media manipulation.
>(D) Disinformation and forgeries.
Come on dude, that's an old trick.
Call it russian and shut it down. (((They))) already know Wikileaks is a russian puppet and influenced the US election right? So why not just shut it down?
Pizzagate was fake though, and so was most of the shit Sup Forums was spreading.
Waiting for Clinton to die any day now. you guys promised it would happen by now. you said you had medical proof.
This is what happens when you let Obama stay in the white house until Jan 20th next year. He should be packing his bags and nothing else, not rubber stamping new bills. At 0% trust now for the Obama administration.
Tbh senpai, it seems like counter-espionage precautionary measure at most. Is the following the part we're supposed to be worried about?
>...and the role of the Russian Federation has been hidden or not acknowledged publicly
I see how they could use that to label any significant criticism as Russian misinformation despite the absence of evidence of Russian involvement, but that might just be me being paranoid. Do we have any further proof?
the section you anons need to read
SEC. 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.
(F) Incitement and offensive counterintelligence.
(G) Assassinations.
(H) Terrorist acts.
what was fake??? It was fake to imply it was true but there was nothing untrue about stating THE FACTS
mind you this doesnt seem that bad until you read the list of supposed russian news sources like wikileaks and the rolling stone.
your country just became communistic :D
see, that's the proof of your incompetence right there, you lack the qualifications to exercise free will
>Incitement and offensive counterintelligence.
Lmao, they could fit so many things here.
Fake news is fake.
Is that list on the bill? Please spoonfeed me. I'm at work and don't have to time to keep searching on my own right now.
no but its the list that has been circulating msm the last week or two.
Great Bill.
Russia btfo.
>anything not owned by us is fake
See, they've already won your mind. You just used the term 'fake news' unironically as though it's a real thing.
Welcome to the machine, friend. They have you now.
"Fake news" was not a problem or something ANYONE gave a fuck about until the child porn scandal among the elites came to light. The moment light was shed on their CP ring suddenly fake news is a huge issue.
Fucking hell these pedophiles should be executed.
She's fine guys
k. but my question was about which part of the bill concerned "fake news" in the US? we've always done psyops abroad.
DAILY SHOW BTFO
she looked fine when she was out complaining about fake news and how there's a bipartisan deal to stop it.
Anything that goes against the State Department's civilian propaganda stream is fake
>(B) Covert broadcasting.
>(C) Media manipulation.
this can't be real it would easily be shot down in court as it is against the first amendment
RIP CNN
>it's a "muh conspiracy theories are real news" episode
>this bill while trump is president
so that means CNN, the daily shoa, current year man, etc are at risk then?
it passed to the senate, who is reviewing the bill
>pass bill giving government more power to censor discenting media
>right as Trump wins the presidency, house, and senate.
libs truly have no concept of forseight do they?
That's my feelings famalam. Fucking missed the boat, niggers? kek
>hidden or not acknowledged publicly
So basically "without a shred of verifiable evidence".
Any politician can essentially say "Oh, look, where did this journalist get a tape of me fucking an underage prostitute? Must be the Russians, shut it down"
>implying the GOP and DNC are separate entities at this point.
Resting for two weeks in between 30 minute appearances will have that effect.
Yeah.. How do they prove Russian influence? Because Russia isnt just going to come out and be all like "Hey guyz we were propagandizing you1 lulz!"
They will deny it. The accused will deny it. How do we prove it? So are we not allowed to like Russia now? Or say Russia does anything better? Because that could be incitement or "offensive counterintelligence" used to "influence a person"
This is bad guys.. This needs to go. ASAP
>Democrats pass fascist laws as last act
>Trump enforces those laws
>SEE??? LITERALLY HITLER!!!
see
>hidden or not acknowledged publicly
They basically don't need a shred of evidence that Russia did shit. They literally just have to point their finger at journalists and say "Russia".
>truly have no concept of forseight do they?
I fear it is us who are lacking foresight on this one..
There is no way they are THAT stupid. You dont get that rich by being that incredibly stupid. Something is up.
trust big brother goy :^)
I love how that thing has a regular sized ball sack attached to it.
>taking the "thanks Obama" meme at face value
>not realizing the bil has to be signed by Obama who could veto it
>thinking Congress has a super majority of Reps to over turn a veto
>Muh Hitler
You embarrassing faggot
>mfw it's real
it's actually 1984 tier shit
This has been coming since 2013 when they passed HR5736 reauthorizing domestic propaganda.
>congress.gov
thats a far stretch to say 501 is going to regulate fake news
This is double plus good citizen. It will help us fight those evil Eurasians.
>democracy
>just passed the law without consulting people
USA never was democracy, neither it was a republic.
Why do Republicans pass this shit?
The USA is a "democracy" where a massive media propaganda machine controls public opinion, steering it however they wish
It's a fucking joke
Obamacarthy has ordered an Intelligence enquiry into Russian election hacking too. Dossier of evidence being put together. Too sensitive to share publicly though. Where were you when the hacker Sup Forums was actually the KGB?
In case you are in the way of corporation expansion they can close down your site, your mouth, take your money and put you to jail.
Brits should be more worried, since everybody can watch their internet history from now on.
Please, Trump... when you get into office... declare that CNN and MSNBC and so forth are fake news, and prevent them from spreading. Also arrest everyone involved.
Remember that timeline when a Himalayan bonpo scripture reading image board summoned an ancient Egyptian chaos god to select a over-sized, billionaire Umpa lumpa as emperor of the free world and uncovered a network of pizzacrime so vast that the government sponsored news networks started claiming that all !them news was fake?
Yep, that's this time line baby, best timeline.
> libs have no foresight
> bill is written by an (R)
Democracy is created by people. Only by shitposting twice as hard you will reach democracy. It's the same with worker unions, they only work for people if more than 2 guys complain in a company. Fear mongering is their best weapons, but truth is they are outnumbered.
>DUDE IT"S THE RUSSIANS LMAO
Hope the civil war will actually happen and your country will fucking collapse. Get the other side of the coin for a change burgers.
> not understanding I was commenting on a foreigner that doesn't understand how our government works
>showing your lack of education
You have to go back Pedro, my grass is cut.
This is just boring finance stuff
What's the idea here any. Do they think the Russians weaponized clickbait or something.
we do fool but its pretty hard in a nation that spans the distance between two oceans and is inhabited mostly by people, who are to some degree being brainwashed.
there has never been a time in the history of the usa where so many psyops are ongoing in the mind of the citizenry.
we are fucked because we are the perfect slave state
gonna make a petition, who should be the decision maker?
the ministry of truth
With only reading the section you highlighted this only gives them the authority to form a committee, waste money, and issue a yearly report.
Whoop-de-fucking-doo.
Damn... I love Obama.
>Section 501 states the United States Government has sole authority over deciding what is or what isn't "fake news", and will enact serious penalties against them
No, it doesn't. Did you read section 501?
It basically states the Russians can't interfere in your national sovereignty