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Origanalist
12-09-2016, 08:59 PM
This is good news? :confused:

Portman/Murphy Bill Promotes Coordinated Strategy to Defend America, Allies Against Propaganda and Disinformation from Russia, China & Others

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) today announced that their Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act – legislation designed to help American allies counter foreign government propaganda from Russia, China, and other nations – has passed the Senate as part of the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Report. The bipartisan bill, which was introduced by Senators Portman and Murphy in March, will improve the ability of the United States to counter foreign propaganda and disinformation by establishing an interagency center housed at the State Department to coordinate and synchronize counter-propaganda efforts throughout the U.S. government. To support these efforts, the bill also creates a grant program for NGOs, think tanks, civil society and other experts outside government who are engaged in counter-propaganda related work. This will better leverage existing expertise and empower local communities to defend themselves from foreign manipulation.

“The passage of this bill in the Senate today takes us one critical step closer to effectively confronting the extensive, and destabilizing, foreign propaganda and disinformation operations being waged against us. While the propaganda and disinformation threat has grown, the U.S. government has been asleep at the wheel. Today we are finally signaling that enough is enough; the United States will no longer sit on the sidelines. We are going to confront this threat head-on,” said Senator Portman. “With the help of this bipartisan bill, the disinformation and propaganda used against our allies and our interests will fail.”

“Congress has taken a big step in fighting back against fake news and propaganda from countries like Russia. When the president signs this bill into law, the United States will finally have a dedicated set of tools and resources to confront our adversaries’ widespread efforts to spread false narratives that undermine democratic institutions and compromise America’s foreign policy goals,” said Murphy. “I’m proud of what Senator Portman and I accomplished here because it’s long past time for the U.S. to get off the sidelines and confront these growing threats.”

NOTE: The bipartisan Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act is organized around two main priorities to help achieve the goal of combatting the constantly evolving threat of foreign disinformation. They are as follows:

The first priority is developing a whole-of-government strategy for countering foreign propaganda and disinformation. The bill would increase the authority, resources, and mandate of the Global Engagement Center to include state actors like Russia and China in addition to violent extremists. The Center will be led by the State Department, but with the active senior level participation of the Department of Defense, USAID, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the Intelligence Community, and other relevant agencies. The Center will develop, integrate, and synchronize whole-of-government initiatives to expose and counter foreign disinformation operations and proactively advance fact-based narratives that support U.S. allies and interests.
Second, the legislation seeks to leverage expertise from outside government to create more adaptive and responsive U.S. strategy options. The legislation establishes a fund to help train local journalists and provide grants and contracts to NGOs, civil society organizations, think tanks, private sector companies, media organizations, and other experts outside the U.S. government with experience in identifying and analyzing the latest trends in foreign government disinformation techniques. This fund will complement and support the Center’s role by integrating capabilities and expertise available outside the U.S. government into the strategy-making process. It will also empower a decentralized network of private sector experts and integrate their expertise into the strategy-making process.
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http://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=3765A225-B773-4F57-B21A-A265F4B5692C

enhanced_deficit
12-10-2016, 12:41 PM
On a related, who is better at propaganda , Russians or US media?

Jamesiv1
12-10-2016, 12:48 PM
This is good news? :confused:

Portman/Murphy Bill Promotes Coordinated Strategy to Defend America, Allies Against Propaganda and Disinformation from Russia, China & Others

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) today announced that their Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act – legislation designed to help American allies counter foreign government propaganda from Russia, China, and other nations – has passed the Senate as part of the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Report. The bipartisan bill, which was introduced by Senators Portman and Murphy in March, will improve the ability of the United States to counter foreign propaganda and disinformation by establishing an interagency center housed at the State Department to coordinate and synchronize counter-propaganda efforts throughout the U.S. government. To support these efforts, the bill also creates a grant program for NGOs, think tanks, civil society and other experts outside government who are engaged in counter-propaganda related work. This will better leverage existing expertise and empower local communities to defend themselves from foreign manipulation.

“The passage of this bill in the Senate today takes us one critical step closer to effectively confronting the extensive, and destabilizing, foreign propaganda and disinformation operations being waged against us. While the propaganda and disinformation threat has grown, the U.S. government has been asleep at the wheel. Today we are finally signaling that enough is enough; the United States will no longer sit on the sidelines. We are going to confront this threat head-on,” said Senator Portman. “With the help of this bipartisan bill, the disinformation and propaganda used against our allies and our interests will fail.”

“Congress has taken a big step in fighting back against fake news and propaganda from countries like Russia. When the president signs this bill into law, the United States will finally have a dedicated set of tools and resources to confront our adversaries’ widespread efforts to spread false narratives that undermine democratic institutions and compromise America’s foreign policy goals,” said Murphy. “I’m proud of what Senator Portman and I accomplished here because it’s long past time for the U.S. to get off the sidelines and confront these growing threats.”

NOTE: The bipartisan Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act is organized around two main priorities to help achieve the goal of combatting the constantly evolving threat of foreign disinformation. They are as follows:

The first priority is developing a whole-of-government strategy for countering foreign propaganda and disinformation. The bill would increase the authority, resources, and mandate of the Global Engagement Center to include state actors like Russia and China in addition to violent extremists. The Center will be led by the State Department, but with the active senior level participation of the Department of Defense, USAID, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the Intelligence Community, and other relevant agencies. The Center will develop, integrate, and synchronize whole-of-government initiatives to expose and counter foreign disinformation operations and proactively advance fact-based narratives that support U.S. allies and interests.
Second, the legislation seeks to leverage expertise from outside government to create more adaptive and responsive U.S. strategy options. The legislation establishes a fund to help train local journalists and provide grants and contracts to NGOs, civil society organizations, think tanks, private sector companies, media organizations, and other experts outside the U.S. government with experience in identifying and analyzing the latest trends in foreign government disinformation techniques. This fund will complement and support the Center’s role by integrating capabilities and expertise available outside the U.S. government into the strategy-making process. It will also empower a decentralized network of private sector experts and integrate their expertise into the strategy-making process.
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http://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=3765A225-B773-4F57-B21A-A265F4B5692C
That's what we need - a War On Propaganda.

Brilliant!

openfire
12-10-2016, 12:58 PM
Obama & The Presstitutes: Legalized DOMESTIC Propaganda to American Citizens The National Defense Authorization Act of July 2013 (NDAA) included an amendment that legalized the use of propaganda on the American public. The amendment — originally proposed by Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and passed – nullified the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948, which explicitly forbids information and psychological operations aimed at influencing U.S. public opinion. The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 allowed U.S. propaganda intended to influence foreign audiences to be used on the domestic population.
Signed by….. Obama. This Act formalized systems in place covertly or ad hoc for some time.This Russia CIA Program aimed at US Citizens is part of the OBAMA FRAUD to cover the crimes of Clinton et al. The MSM and especially the NYT is the epi-center of “Fake News” The Smith-Mundt Modernization Bill was incorporated into the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (H.R.4310). The Smith-Mundt provisions weren’t part of the bill when it was originally introduced, but were added on May 18, 2012. included in amendment 1140, which was approved by roll call vote 288.

http://www.businessinsider.com/ndaa-legalizes-propaganda-2012-5

The Northbreather
12-10-2016, 01:06 PM
The legislation establishes a fund to help train local journalists and provide grants and contracts to NGOs, civil society organizations, think tanks, private sector companies, media organizations, and other experts outside the U.S. government with experience in identifying and analyzing .......

What could go wrong.

presence
12-10-2016, 01:30 PM
Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act

will likely function as


Disinformation and Propaganda Act

euphemia
12-10-2016, 01:38 PM
Like they say, don't believe anything you read and half of what you seem.

donnay
12-10-2016, 02:55 PM
Fairness Doctrine on steroids?

RonZeplin
12-10-2016, 03:16 PM
Ministry of Truth!
Oh yeah, we need one of those.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uErDjrXnipY/hqdefault.jpg

Schifference
12-10-2016, 03:28 PM
For years I could watch the same news story on a liberal channel and a conservative channel and one would seem to be inaccurate. Who decides what propaganda is?

UWDude
12-11-2016, 02:08 AM
I wonder who the new Portman/Murphy agent assigned to Ron Paul Forums will be.

Danke
12-11-2016, 02:39 AM
Obama & The Presstitutes: Legalized DOMESTIC Propaganda to American Citizens The National Defense Authorization Act of July 2013 (NDAA) included an amendment that legalized the use of propaganda on the American public. The amendment — originally proposed by Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and passed – nullified the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948, which explicitly forbids information and psychological operations aimed at influencing U.S. public opinion. The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 allowed U.S. propaganda intended to influence foreign audiences to be used on the domestic population.
Signed by….. Obama. This Act formalized systems in place covertly or ad hoc for some time.This Russia CIA Program aimed at US Citizens is part of the OBAMA FRAUD to cover the crimes of Clinton et al. The MSM and especially the NYT is the epi-center of “Fake News” The Smith-Mundt Modernization Bill was incorporated into the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (H.R.4310). The Smith-Mundt provisions weren’t part of the bill when it was originally introduced, but were added on May 18, 2012. included in amendment 1140, which was approved by roll call vote 288.

http://www.businessinsider.com/ndaa-legalizes-propaganda-2012-5



2012? I guess that explains a few prolific members here.

Weston White
12-11-2016, 03:09 AM
The bill would increase the authority, resources, and mandate of the Global Engagement Center to include state actors like Russia and China in addition to violent extremists.

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!

DamianTV
12-11-2016, 03:04 PM
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-10/senate-quietly-passes-countering-disinformation-and-propaganda-act


While we wait to see if and when the Senate will pass (and president will sign) Bill "H.R. 6393, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017", which was passed by the House at the end of November with an overwhelming majority and which seeks to crack down on websites suspected of conducting Russian propaganda and calling for the US government to "counter active 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,” another, perhaps even more dangerous and limiting to civil rights and freedom of speech bill passed on December 8.

Recall that as we reported in early June, "a bill to implement the U.S.’ very own de facto Ministry of Truth has been quietly introduced in Congress. As with any legislation attempting to dodge the public spotlight the Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act of 2016 marks a further curtailment of press freedom and another avenue to stultify avenues of accurate information. Introduced by Congressmen Adam Kinzinger and Ted Lieu, H.R. 5181 seeks a “whole-government approach without the bureaucratic restrictions” to counter “foreign disinformation and manipulation,” which they believe threaten the world’s “security and stability.”

Also called the Countering Information Warfare Act of 2016 (S. 2692), when introduced in March by Sen. Rob Portman, the legislation represents a dramatic return to Cold War-era government propaganda battles. “These countries spend vast sums of money on advanced broadcast and digital media capabilities, targeted campaigns, funding of foreign political movements, and other efforts to influence key audiences and populations,” Portman explained, adding that while the U.S. spends a relatively small amount on its Voice of America, the Kremlin provides enormous funding for its news organization, RT.“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.”

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Full article on link at top.

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Did we just create the Ministry of Truth?

(Belief, Money, and Violence. Three foundations for absolute Tyranny. Still think they dont know this as well?)

goldenequity
12-11-2016, 03:31 PM
(I'm reposting this)

Ex-US Ambassador To Russia Calls For Labeling RT and Sputnik As "Foreign Agents" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-11/ex-us-ambassador-russia-calls-labeling-rt-and-sputnik-foreign-agents)

Senate Quietly Passes The "Countering Disinformation And Propaganda Act" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-10/senate-quietly-passes-countering-disinformation-and-propaganda-act)



the Act will

i) greenlight the government to crack down with impunity against any media property it deems "propaganda", and

ii) provide substantial amounts of money fund an army of "local journalist" counterpropaganda,
to make sure the government's own fake news drowns that of the still free "fringes."

So while packaged politely in a veneer of "countering disinformation and propaganda",
the bill, once signed by Obama,
will effectively give the government a full mandate to punish, shut down or otherwise prosecute,
any website it deems offensive and a source of "foreign government propaganda from Russia, China or other nations."

All that will be sufficient to eliminate any "dissenting" website,
will be the government's word against that of the website.
One can be confident that the US government will almost certainly prevail in every single time.

ATTENTION MODERATORS / BRIAN:

We need to be 'forward thinking' on how to allow html or embed coding
from sites OTHER than Youtube.
►They are going to be shutting down channels left and right.

This is WAY more effective and brutal than Google skewing their search algorithm.
Believe it.

Recognizing embed code from Sites like LIVELEAK and (really) ANY site that chooses to host it's own videos
is going to be REALLY, REALLY important to the health of RPF.
Please.


Imagine if you will...
a world.
A world in which...
you have to listen to John Kirby...
over and
over and
over.....

http://www.lawrestlingnews.com/Volume%20IV%20-%202015-16/Volume%20IV-07%20October%202015/Looking%20Back/Rod%20Serling.png

DamianTV
12-11-2016, 04:08 PM
Fake News comes in two forms

#1 - Disinformation - Stories that are entirely untrue. "Earth's 2nd Moon to be Landscaped into a Golfers Paradise by Monsanto"

#2 - Blackout - This is much harder to spot, and why we need to continue to spread legitimate news stories. Absence of Information is a direct contradiction with "The WHOLE Truth".

With both Googles search algorithm and most MSM sites, one of the bigger issues is that it creates an "Information Bubble" where if certain very important news articles are not presented to everyone, then to those people who live within those "Filtered Bubbles", those things NEVER happened. Where did the MSM stand on Ron Paul? Blackout. Where did the MSM stand on the Unemployment Rate? They would not mention the differences between the U3 and U6. Where was the MSM when Obama's administration redefined "Long Term Unemployed" from 24 months to 12 months? Blackout. And that very policy change is exactly what allowed the "Official Unemployment Rate" (Note: U3 almost exclusively) to drop.

Real Disinformation News Sources such as HuffPo, CNN, NBC, etc will never report how they either distort the truth to sensationalize things either toward the good or the bad, and are very careful to not report on truly important news stories.

We all know THE ONION is Fake News, but it does have value from an Entertainment perspective. What comes out of our major media outlets is PURE PROPAGANDA. And for Propaganda to be effective, all competition must be prohibited and enforced. Thus, the Monopoly of Belief (Ministry of Truth) is protected by the Monopoly of Violence (by denying permission to speak), and supported by the Monopoly of Money (Ministry of Plenty).

Working Poor
12-11-2016, 04:40 PM
Will we be saying bye bye to Alex Jones?

timosman
12-11-2016, 11:08 PM
On a related, who is better at propaganda , Russians or US media?

Russians suck. We have Hollywood. That's why we won the cold war.

anaconda
12-12-2016, 01:06 AM
I'm confused. So are the bills that passed part of a bigger bill yet to be voted on??

anaconda
12-12-2016, 01:09 AM
Rand should go ballistic over this stuff.

AZJoe
12-13-2016, 02:40 PM
"the U.S.’ very own de facto Ministry of Truth has been quietly introduced in Congress" ...

"The Act will i) greenlight the government to crack down with impunity against any media property it deems "propaganda", and ii) provide substantial amounts of money fund an army of "local journalist" counter-propaganda, to make sure the government's own fake news drowns that of the still free "fringes."

So while packaged politely in a veneer of "countering disinformation and propaganda", the bill, once signed by Obama, will effectively give the government a full mandate to punish, shut down or otherwise prosecute, any website it deems offensive and a source of "foreign government propaganda from Russia, China or other nations." And since there is no formal way of proving whether or not there is indeed a foreign propaganda sponsor, all that will be sufficient to eliminate any "dissenting" website, will be the government's word against that of the website. One can be confident that the US government will almost certainly prevail in every single time."

euphemia
12-13-2016, 03:06 PM
How did Rand vote?

devil21
12-13-2016, 03:20 PM
I'm confused. So are the bills that passed part of a bigger bill yet to be voted on??

Yes, at least the Senate version. It was added as an amendment to the NDAA, which will be voted on by both the House and Senate after the conference is completed that fashions a single NDAA bill for both bodies to vote on. It's hard to find much info about who voted how or even if it was just a voice vote. Of course the NDAA will be passed so prepare accordingly for incoming ministry of truth. Seig heil!

anaconda
12-14-2016, 01:03 AM
Yes, at least the Senate version. It was added as an amendment to the NDAA, which will be voted on by both the House and Senate after the conference is completed that fashions a single NDAA bill for both bodies to vote on. It's hard to find much info about who voted how or even if it was just a voice vote. Of course the NDAA will be passed so prepare accordingly for incoming ministry of truth. Seig heil!

I'm surprised Rand would have allowed a voice vote without objection. He likes to object and require roll calls a lot.

nikcers
12-14-2016, 01:12 AM
This is about Putin bragging how pro Putin America is. The government wants American sentiment to be that we could drop a nuke on Russia and not feel remorse. The media says Putin is pro Trump, but he is not, he is just hopeful for what Trump represents or what he represented to the people who voted for him. Putin knows his best chance against war with America is an American electorate that doesn't want it, not a president, and he feels confident in being able to influence American voters. The government wants to end that.