Anti-Russian Propaganda Bill Passes HoR

[AuH20]

People have the gall to complain about Trump when this is going on?

http://www.activistpost.com/2016/12/bill-targeting-russian-propaganda-passes-house.html?utm_source=Activist+Post+Subscribers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1fbaa17346-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b0c7fb76bd-1fbaa17346-368533081


H.R.6393, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, passed in the House of Representatives on November 30.

The legislation deals with a number of intelligence-related issues, including Russian propaganda, or what the government calls propaganda.

Section 501 calls for the government to counter “measures by Russia to exert covert influence … 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.”

Definitions include media manipulation, covert broadcasting, disinformation and forgeries, and “funding agents of influence.”

[CPUd]

Report: Russian propaganda efforts propelled fake election news


A sophisticated Russian propaganda effort helped fuel the spread of fake news during the election cycle, the Washington Post reported Thursday.

Two groups of independent researchers found that Russia employed thousands of botnets, human internet “trolls” and networks of Web sites and social media accounts to inject false content into online political talk and amplify posts from right-wing sites.

“They want to essentially erode faith in the U.S. government or U.S. government interests,” said Clint Watts, a fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute who co-authored a report about Russian propaganda. “This was their standard mode during the Cold War. The problem is that this was hard to do before social media.”

A similar report from PropOrNot, provided to the Post, identifies more than 200 websites that routinely pushed Russian propaganda to at least 15 million Americans, and found that false stories pushed on Facebook were viewed more than 213 million times.

Some stories originated from RT and Sputnik, state-funded Russian information services that are more akin to traditional news sites but sometimes include false or misleading articles.

The coverage was overwhelmingly favorable to Donald Trump, and some of the most notable examples of fake news garnering major traffic online centered on Hillary Clinton’s health, protesters that were allegedly paid to interrupt Trump events, and fears about vote tampering.

“The way that this propaganda apparatus supported Trump was equivalent to some massive amount of a media buy,” said the executive director of PropOrNot, who spoke on the condition of anonymity with the Post. “It was like Russia was running a super PAC for Trump’s campaign.”

Russia is also believed to be behind widespread hacks of Democratic organizations and individuals, including the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, whose emails were published by WikiLeaks.

In the wake of the election, fake news and its spread on social media has come into the spotlight. President Obama denounced the attention garnered by false information last week, saying: “If we are not serious about facts and what’s true and what’s not … if we can’t discriminate between serious arguments and propaganda, then we have problems.”

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/307508-report-russian-propaganda-efforts-propelled-fake-election-news

[CaptUSA]

Is this going to be another pot/kettle thread?

[Danke]

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/307508-report-russian-propaganda-efforts-propelled-fake-election-news


Posting more shit from fake news site.


Not a Clinton supporter...lol.

[devil21]

So basically codifying the ability to censor "inconvenient" information on the net under a new category of "Russian propaganda" but what qualifies under this nebulous term is defined by those censors. Nice knowin' ya RPF....and a whole bunch of other websites where smart people and free thinkers congregate to discuss current events.

That's one of the brightest signals that war is brewing. Sounds like the modern version of "loose lips sinks ships".

[pcosmar]

Is this going to be another pot/kettle thread?

anything they blame on others is something they are doing already. (or trying to)

[Occam's Banana]

People have the gall to complain about Trump when this is going on?

False dichotomy is falsely dichotomous.

(Some people have the gall to walk and chew gum at the same time, too ... :rolleyes:)

[PierzStyx]

So basically codifying the ability to censor "inconvenient" information on the net under a new category of "Russian propaganda" but what qualifies under this nebulous term is defined by those censors. Nice knowin' ya RPF....and a whole bunch of other websites where smart people and free thinkers congregate to discuss current events.

That's one of the brightest signals that war is brewing. Sounds like the modern version of "loose lips sinks ships".


Washington Post has already said that the Ron Paul Institute was a Russian front site.

[Dark_Horse_Rider]

" Truth is treason in an empire of lies. "

[AZJoe]

Obama proclaimed the election reflects the will of the American people.
That is now proof Obama is a Russian agent!

[AZJoe]

The crazy yet harsh reality for Washington is that Russia does not need any propaganda at all to make Washington look bad.
It is actual truth that is making Washington look bad. Exposure of lies and covers ups.
They only need to expose the actual truth.

[AZJoe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXS3HQBoCxo

[scm]

Posting more shit from fake news site.


Not a Clinton supporter...lol.

you trolls want to call everyone that didn't vote for THUMP a clinton supporter, but yet you guys voted for a DEMONkRAT

[AZJoe]

From the article:


"Definitions include media manipulation, covert broadcasting, disinformation and forgeries, and “funding agents of influence.”
It’s easy to see how this law, if passed by the Senate and signed by the president, could be used against “fake news” websites."

[CPUd]

The Russian “Firehose of Falsehood” Propaganda Model

Why It Might Work and Options to Counter It

Since its 2008 incursion into Georgia (if not before), there has been a remarkable evolution in Russia’s approach to propaganda. The country has effectively employed new dissemination channels and messages in support of its 2014 annexation of the Crimean peninsula, its ongoing involvement in the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, and its antagonism of NATO allies. The Russian propaganda model is high-volume and multichannel, and it disseminates messages without regard for the truth. It is also rapid, continuous, and repetitive, and it lacks commitment to consistency. Although these techniques would seem to run counter to the received wisdom for successful information campaigns, research in psychology supports many of the most successful aspects of the model. Furthermore, the very factors that make the firehose of falsehood effective also make it difficult to counter. Traditional counterpropaganda approaches will likely be inadequate in this context. More effective solutions can be found in the same psychology literature that explains the surprising success of the Russian propaganda model and its messages.
Recommendations

Forewarn audiences of misinformation, or merely reach them first with the truth, rather than retracting or refuting false “facts.”
Prioritize efforts to counter the effects of Russian propaganda, and focus on guiding the propaganda’s target audience in more productive directions.
Compete with Russian propaganda. Both the United States and NATO have the potential to prevent Russia from dominating the information environment.
Increase the flow of information that diminishes the effectiveness of propaganda, and, in the context of active hostilities, attack the means of dissemination.


...
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/perspectives/PE100/PE198/RAND_PE198.pdf

[AZJoe]

"Since its 2008 incursion into Georgia (if not before), there has been a remarkable evolution in Russia’s approach to propaganda."

Why on earth would Cpud be quoting a paper from the neocon nest Rand Corporation - a most insipid research arm of the Military-Industrial-Homeland Security Complex; a neocon "think tank" for promoting modern imperialism and warmongering.

What the Rand military-industrial-homeland-security-complex war marketeers miss , or rather willfully ignore, is that as stated earlier, Russia's response needs no propaganda at all. Because Washington's foreign policy is dependent on lies, covert infiltration, false accusations, paid made to order Soros "color revolutions, selective hypocrisy, funding and arming and training terrorists, disinformation and on and on ... , all Russia needs t do is simply expose actual truth. That's it.

That is why any independent or alternative journalist or news outlet that exposes any truth or even any criticism of US imperialistic foreign policy is smeared as "fake" news or a "sophisticated agent" of Russia.

[CPUd]

Why on earth would Cpud be quoting a paper from the neocon nest Rand Corporation - a most insipid research arm of the Military-Industrial-Homeland Security Complex; a neocon "think tank" for promoting modern imperialism and warmongering.

What the Rand military-industrial-homeland-security-complex war marketeers miss , or rather willfully ignore, is that as stated earlier, Russia's response needs no propaganda at all. Because Washington's foreign policy is dependent on lies, covert infiltration, false accusations, paid made to order Soros "color revolutions, selective hypocrisy, funding and arming and training terrorists, disinformation and on and on ... , all Russia needs t do is simply expose actual truth. That's it.

That is why any independent or alternative journalist or news outlet that exposes any truth or even any criticism of US imperialistic foreign policy is smeared as "fake" news or a "sophisticated agent" of Russia.

So I take it you disagree with their assessment?

[AZJoe]

So I take it you disagree with their assessment?

With this bill, along with the campaign by political elite all the way up to Obama against unapproved news, the WAPO smear list, and the Google/Facebook/Twitter/Reddit campaigns to wipe a certain segment of voices,
Its quite apparent that the elite are on a kick to silence, intimidate, suppress or minimize criticism, dissent and exposure.
It does make me thankful there are at least very good twentieth century supreme court precedents on protecting speech, but who knows where it will lead. Never would have thought total surveillance or indefinite detentions would ever have become established fixtures either.

They do not prove a person wrong by silencing their voice. Rather, it only reveals that they fear what those voices have to say.

[UWDude]

Why on earth would Cpud be quoting a paper from the neocon nest Rand Corporation - a most insipid research arm of the Military-Industrial-Homeland Security Complex; a neocon "think tank" for promoting modern imperialism and warmongering.

Because he cares about peace and freedom.

[nikcers]

Is this going to be another pot/kettle thread? Since Trumps primary coverage was definitely real news this is the best example I have seen. Everyone who is really awake knows the MSM doesn't report the news they create it. Real insurgent candidates get blacked out, member?

[devil21]

Senate passed companion bill.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-10/senate-quietly-passes-countering-disinformation-and-propaganda-act

It's a good idea to take down the IP addresses of favorite websites like RPF in case the chosen way to censor websites is removing DNS entries (domain names). Easy way to get IP address is to open a command prompt like cmd.exe, type tracert www.ronpaulforums.com > enter. The IP address will be displayed in brackets. If DNS is messed with and www.ronpaulforums.com stops working, instead try http://67.225.158.173

[nikcers]

Senate passed companion bill.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-10/senate-quietly-passes-countering-disinformation-and-propaganda-act

It's a good idea to take down the IP addresses of favorite websites like RPF in case the chosen way to censor websites is removing DNS entries (domain names). Easy way to get IP address is to open a command prompt like cmd.exe, type tracert www.ronpaulforums.com (http://www.ronpaulforums.com) > enter. The IP address will be displayed in brackets. If DNS is messed with and www.ronpaulforums.com (http://www.ronpaulforums.com) stops working, instead try http://67.225.158.173 The entire internet is a man in the middle attack, you wouldn't believe the amount of news that you can get on your computer from malware. Lots and lots of people have unsecure computers, they even added extra goodies in the Continuing resolution they passed that allows the government to circumvent the fourth amendment for what their computer does. Now they can pretty much incriminate anyone.

[pcosmar]

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fbi-mocing-test.jpg

was going to post a reminder,, and found this.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/fbi-impersonate-media-mockingbird/


FBI agents conducting undercover investigations have now been given the green light to impersonate journalists, the Justice Department determined last week — effectively legalizing the government’s most notorious propaganda program, Operation Mockingbird.

[devil21]

Obama signed NDAA, including the subject of this thread. "Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act".

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-24/obama-signs-countering-disinformation-and-propaganda-act-law

[AZJoe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdQDuhsk3CE&t=3s&spfreload=10

[CaptainAmerica]

People have the gall to complain about Trump when this is going on?

http://www.activistpost.com/2016/12/bill-targeting-russian-propaganda-passes-house.html?utm_source=Activist+Post+Subscribers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1fbaa17346-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b0c7fb76bd-1fbaa17346-368533081


What do you expect?

Anonymous, Wikileaks....Edward Snowden and Julian Assanges scare the shit out of them, so they need a boogeyman to be able to expatriate anyone who dares to challenge the fascist globalist foreign policy elite in america