The problem is that the U.S.'s overgrown intelligence superstructure was in charge of these efforts. The leading agency, the Department of Homeland Security, wa

The problem is that the U.S.'s overgrown intelligence superstructure was in charge of these efforts. The leading agency, the Department of Homeland Security, was established to fight terrorism abroad, and is now trying to regulate public discourse in America. Since U.S. intelligence is completely out of control, it's practically guaranteed that they wouldn't comply with any laws passed by Congress to shut this program down; they'd just shift it to another agency, and fund it from black budgets, the same way they deal with other intelligence programs like PRISM. That's the real threat. People who support reasonable government regulation shouldn't be fooled into lumping in this "fight against disinformation" along with FDA rules or other normal government processes. You really want spooks being able to label things as "foreign disinformation"?