'Uiteraard' zal e.e.a. gepaard gaan met het tegenwerken, of uit de lucht halen, dan wel van het internet verwijderen, van VS onwelgevallige media (lees: media die kritiek durven te leveren op terreurentiteit VS....).........
Laat ook uw haren te berge rijzen en lees het volgen de artikel van Tyler Durden, zoals eerder geplaatst op ZeroHedge:
Obama Quietly Signs The "Countering Disinformation And Propaganda Act" Into Law
by Tyler
Durden
Dec
26, 2016
Late
on Friday, with the US population embracing the upcoming holidays and
oblivious of most news emerging from the administration, Obama
quietly signed into law the 2017 National
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which authorizes $611 billion for
the military in 2017.
Today, I have signed into law S. 2943, the “National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017.” This Act authorizes fiscal year 2017 appropriations principally for the Department of Defense and for Department of Energy national security programs, provides vital benefits for military personnel and their families, and includes authorities to facilitate ongoing operations around the globe. It continues many critical authorizations necessary to ensure that we are able to sustain our momentum in countering the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and to reassure our European allies, as well as many new authorizations that, among other things, provide the Departments of Defense and Energy more flexibility in countering cyber-attacks and our adversaries’ use of unmanned aerial vehicles."
Much
of the balance of Obama's statement blamed the GOP for Guantanamo's
continued operation and warned that "unless the Congress changes
course, it will be judged harshly by history," Obama said. Obama
also said Congress failed to use the bill to reduce wasteful overhead
(like perhaps massive F-35 cost overruns?) or modernize military
health care, which he said would exacerbate budget pressures facing
the military in the years ahead.
But while the passage of the NDAA - and the funding of the US military - was hardly a surprise, the biggest news is what was buried deep inside the provisions of the Defense Authortization Act.
Recall
that as we
reported in early June, "a
bill to implement the U.S.’ very own de
facto Ministry
of Truth had 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 (VOA), 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.”
Long
before the "fake news" meme became a daily topic of
extensive conversation on such discredited mainstream portals as CNN
and WaPo (Washington Post), H.R. 5181 would task the Secretary of State with
coordinating the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National
Intelligence, and the Broadcasting Board of Governors to “establish
a Center for Information Analysis and Response,” which will
pinpoint sources of disinformation, analyze data, and — in true
dystopic manner — ‘develop and disseminate’ “fact-based
narratives”
to counter effrontery propaganda.
In
short, long before "fake news" became a major media topic,
the US government was already planning its legally-backed crackdown
on anything it would eventually label "fake news."
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Fast
forward to December
8, when
the "Countering
Disinformation and Propaganda Act"
passed in the Senate, quietly
inserted inside the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
Conference Report.
And
now, following Friday's Obama signing of the NDAA on Friday
evening, the
Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act is
now law.
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*
Here
is the full
statement issued
by the generously
funded Senator
Rob Portman (R- Ohio) on the singing into law of a bill that further
chips away at press liberties in the US, and which sets the stage for
future which hunts and website shutdowns, purely as a result of an
accusation that any one media outlet or site is considered as a
source of "disinformation and propaganda" and is shut down
by the government.
Portman-Murphy
Bill Promotes Coordinated Strategy to Defend America, Allies Against
Propaganda and Disinformation from Russia, China & Others
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
been signed into law 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 from
our enemies 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 our allies overseas to defend themselves from
foreign manipulation. It will also help foster a free and vibrant
press and civil society overseas, which is critical to ensuring our
allies have access to truthful information and inoculating people
against foreign propaganda campaigns.
“Our
enemies are using foreign propaganda and
disinformation against us and our allies, and so far the U.S.
government has been asleep at the wheel,” Portman said. “But
today, the United States has taken a critical step towards
confronting the extensive, and destabilizing, foreign propaganda and
disinformation operations being waged against us by our enemies
overseas. With
this bill now law, 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. I am confident that, with the help
of this bipartisan bill, the disinformation and propaganda used
against us, our allies, and our interests will fail.”
“The
use of propaganda to undermine democracy has hit a new low. But
now we are finally in a position to confront this threat head on and
get out the truth. By building up independent, objective journalism
in places like eastern Europe, we can start to fight back by exposing
these fake narratives and empowering local communities to protect
themselves,” said Murphy. “I’m proud that our bill was signed
into law, and I look forward to working with Senator Portman to make
sure these tools and new resources are effectively used to get out
the truth.”
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
from our enemies:
- The first priority is developing a whole-of-government strategy for countering THE foreign propaganda and disinformation being wages against us and our allies by our enemies. The bill would increase the authority, resources, and mandate of the Global Engagement Center to include state actors like Russia and China as well as non-state actors. 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 by our enemies 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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And
so, with the likes
of WaPo having already primed the general public to
equate "Russian Propaganda" with "fake news"
(despite admitting after
the fact their own report was essentially "fake"),
while the US media has indoctrinated the public to assume that any
information which is not in compliance with the official government
narrative, or dares to criticize the establishment, is also "fake
news" and thus falls under the "Russian propaganda"
umbrella, the scene is now set for the US government to legally crack
down on every media outlet that the government deems to be "foreign
propaganda."
Just
like that, the US Ministry
of Truth is
officially born.
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