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by scarface_74 1037 days ago
How does the US government have power to regulate foreign media? There is no great firewall. The government doesn’t even have the power to regulate American media except when it is broadcast over the airwaves.

The only reason that government can legislate mecha over the airwaves is because public spectrum belongs to people and is licensed
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Dan_Sylveste 1037 days ago
> How does the US government have power to regulate foreign media?

Since 2017, U.S. legislators and the Department of Justice have required multiple foreign-funded news organizations to register under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA)

https://cpj.org/2019/07/several-foreign-news-outlets-require...

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scarface_74 1037 days ago
It requires them to “register”. It can not tell them what to publish or how to publish it.
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