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This probably isn’t super well known to regular people but there are pretty strict laws in place in the US that actively prevent the US military or intel commun

• 34679 4y ago
  Unfortunately, language inserted into the NDAA changed that in 2012. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mhastings/congressmen-seek-to-lift-propaganda-ban https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mhastings/congressmen-s... >The new law would give sweeping powers to the government to push television, radio, newspaper, and social media onto the U.S. public. “It removes the protection for Americans,” says a Pentagon official who is concerned about the law. “It removes oversight from the people who want to put out this information. There are no checks and balances. No one knows if the information is accurate, partially accurate, or entirely false.”
  • mhoad 4y ago
    That doesn't appear to have gone past a proposed amendment 10 years ago unless I am missing something those protections are still very much in place.
    • 34679 4y ago
      The amendment passed. "US Government-Funded Domestic Propaganda Has Officially Hit The Airwaves" https://www.businessinsider.com/us-domestic-propaganda-officially-aired-2013-7?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/us-domestic-propaganda-offic...
• timbo1642 4y ago