Hearts and minds
 

Like it or not, propaganda works and most of the world gets their information through the internet.
A critical piece was tacked onto the end of an important appropriations bill.

Check out section 7069 at the very end of the text:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-...bill/8595/text


limitation on the use of funds made available for certain online speech-related activities

Sec. 7069. (a) Prohibition.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, or prior Acts making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs, may be made available, directly or indirectly, to carry out any activity the purpose of which is to—

(1) deplatform, deboost, demonetize, suppress, or otherwise penalize what in the United States would constitute lawful online speech, a lawful news outlet, or lawful social media account activity;

(2) induce, encourage, coordinate with, or assist any social media company or online platform or intermediary to adopt or enforce any policy or practice that could be expected to deplatform, deboost, demonetize, suppress or otherwise penalize what in the United States would constitute lawful online speech from any news entity or social media account;

(3) induce, encourage, coordinate with, or assist any foreign government, regulator, policymaker, judicial officer, administrative body, supranational body, or international organization to adopt, interpret, or enforce any law, regulation, order, mechanism, or other measure that could be expected to deplatform, deboost, demonetize, suppress, or otherwise penalize what in the United States would constitute lawful online speech from any news entity or social media account;

(4) induce, encourage, coordinate with, fund, or support any person or entity in the online advertising or monetization ecosystem to cut off, reduce, redirect, or otherwise interfere with advertising, sponsorship, payment, or other revenue on the basis of lawful online speech, news production, editorial viewpoint, political viewpoint, or social media activity;

(5) fund, participate in, coordinate with, or support any “platform accountability”, “information integrity”, “brand safety”, “disinformation”, “misinformation”, “hate speech”, “trust and safety”, “media literacy”, “digital literacy” or similar program or initiative if the purpose or foreseeable effect is to impose legal, regulatory, financial, reputational, commercial, or political costs on a United States-based technology company, United States-based social media platform, United States-based online intermediary, or United States-based digital publisher for carrying speech protected from governmental abridgment by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States;

(6) support, fund, facilitate, coordinate with, or assist any entity in supporting, drafting, promoting, defending, implementing, interpreting, enforcing, or operationalizing any foreign law, regulation, code, judicial or administrative structure, or enforcement mechanism that imposes costs on a United States-based technology company or United States-based social media platform for hosting speech that would be protected from government action under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; or

(7) create, disseminate, share, or operationalize any blacklist or similar designation system that is used, or is reasonably likely to be used, to support an activity prohibited under paragraphs (1) through (6).

(b) Rule Of Construction.—Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit the use of funds for the investigation or reporting of conduct constituting a Federal criminal offense, foreign terrorist activity, espionage, sanctions evasion, unlawful foreign intelligence activity, child sexual abuse material, or human trafficking, if such activity is not used as a pretext for conduct otherwise prohibited by this section.

(c) Reporting Requirement.—Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 120 days thereafter until September 30, 2027, the head of each department, agency or organization funded in the Act shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report, in unclassified form, that—

(1) identifies each grant, subgrant, contract, subaward, cooperative agreement, fellowship, consultancy, working group, coalition, or partnership funded in whole or in part with amounts covered by this section;

(2) identifies whether any such activity concerns content moderation, misinformation, disinformation, platform governance, platform accountability, advertiser pressure, brand safety, monetization, or foreign digital-services regulation;

(3) describes the steps taken to ensure compliance with this section;

(4) lists each foreign law, regulation, judicial or administrative proceeding, and policy initiative on which each department, agency or organization funded in the Act, or any recipient of funds made available to such department, agency or organization, has provided financial support, technical assistance, policy advocacy, research support, expert consultation, judicial education, or implementation support; and

(5) to the extent that such reporting requirements might reasonably be expected to compromise the physical security of individual grantees or recipients operating in dangerous regions or conflict zones, the requirements of subsections (c)(1)-(4) herein may be submitted using anonymized records or information for such sensitive programs.

Well, excuse my knuckle dragger self...
Take out all the "lawyerese" and what does it really mean?? :confused:
Thanks..

I think it means some alphabet agencies are going to have to find another money source for some of their shenanigans.

yup, a good start at de-weaponizing the government.

Can't use taxpayer dollars to enforce liberal/prog Jihad's or censorship.

I must say that I am really surprised at the communist takeover of the Democratic Party that is taking place. I can’t believe that people actually vote for these candidates.

I must live under a rock. 😳

Lets not mince words - it is our children, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, friends, and neighbors, that are voting to advance this dystopian future.

It is ALL of those people that looked at the Clinton DADT effort and said "they just want to serve" that gave rise to the Obama era "those with gender dysphoria just want to serve" that gave rise to the Biden era topless trans festivals on the white house lawn.

The words "I told you so" keep coming to mind every time I think back to people that called me a Rush Limbaugh fanatic and a conspriacy theorist back in the 90s...
"I told you so"
"I told you so"
"I told you so"
"I told you so"


Diversity is NOT our strength - it is the weakness leading to our national decline.

It's why these assholes say "no kings" while clinging on every single word that the Royal family has to say about the topic of the day - while simultaneously entertaining every goddamn bizarre character trait of the literal "KING" of England.

The same folks that cant past Donald Trump calling out gold diggers that let rich men grab them by the kitty...
...while completely forgetting about KING Charles and his relationship with Lady Di
...while completely forgetting that Bill Clinton sodomized a young governmnet clerk
...while forgetting 50 years of Biden gaffes and scandals
...while forgetting the growing liast of democrats that have been proven as agents of the Chinese


A nation deserves the governmnet it gets.

:lifter

It's not that people vote for these candidates, but rather that people don't vote in primaries and end up with only "these" candidates to vote for.

How much money has been laundered through state department vehicles (foreign aid) into political operations directly affecting domestic elections?
How many influence operations across the internet are foreign based?
How much money happened to find its way back to domestic campaign coffers?

It would be interesting to trace primary funding and see what’s discovered.
There’s a reason they were screaming so loudly when D.O.G.E. starting cutting off the money.

In Colo, they passed a law that allowed anyone to vote in a primary election. We found democrat groups were funding, conducting GOTV, and that their voters were voting for what they perceived as the weaker or less effective Republican candidate. While of course, they only ran a single Democrat candidate. If they didn't get their way in the primary, they would get a conservative Libertarian to run in the general to water down the republican base (and run ads/mailers/etc. for that Libertarian too).

Colo also lets anyone to same-day register and vote just by stating they 'intend' to move there. And then buses would hit polling booths in every county on election day.

After drying her eyes because USAID-RIP, it looks like Samantha Power is now running domestic color revolutions. Clyburn has to retire sometime.

Something to chew on...

When I was in High School, there always seemed to be this mystique around being voted in as the "Class President"
...but what in the fuck does a class president even do?

Did the class president ever get a soda machine for homeroom?
Did the class president ever change school hours?
Did the class president ever get us better 'gym uniforms?
Did the class president do anything to forward the athletic program?
No.

Why?

Because the class president has no real power.


Our selected officials work on the same premise.
They make it through the primaries because SUPPORTERS (aka, bag men) pay their way in.
Does it matter?

Does anyone really think that a 10 billion dollar slush fund, available until Septemebr of 2028 under the auspices of "Worldwide Security Protection" is really going to be handled with integrity?
...by ethical people?
...for unbiased security efforts?
...in a manner that isn't tilted towards the stewards personal enrichment?


I'm not asking for a frined this time either.
I'm curious as to how many of us REALLY think that the people writing and voting for thesemeasures havent already opened up new ofshore bank accounts to cover whatever the new scam is that they are about to run.


Whats the over/under on long long it takes for this to die quietly under cover of "the next big thing" ??

Something to chew on...

When I was in High School, there always seemed to be this mystique around being voted in as the "Class President"
...but what in the fuck does a class president even do?

Did the class president ever get a soda machine for homeroom?
Did the class president ever change school hours?
Did the class president ever get us better 'gym uniforms?
Did the class president do anything to forward the athletic program?
No.

Why?

Because the class president has no real power.


Our selected officials work on the same premise.
The only difference is that it isn't "The Principal" that runs the school - its "the donors" that run election campaigns.
Our selected leaders make it through the primaries because SUPPORTERS (aka, bag men) pay their way in.
...and they get who they want to pay for
Does it matter?
Pfft.

Ask Bernie Sanders - see what he thinks - and then look at how quick he falls in line every time he runs and every time the donors tell him "not now Bernie"

The corporations that stand to "lose" money from bills like this are the same ones that write campaign checks.
...and theyaren't about to write campaign checks to a bunch of crooked fucks that donet actually care about ANY of the shit they vote on.

Does anyone really think that a 10 billion dollar slush fund, available until September of 2028 under the auspices of "Worldwide Security Protection" is really going to be handled with integrity?
...by ethical people?
...for unbiased security efforts?
...in a manner that isn't tilted towards the stewards personal enrichment?


I'm not asking for a frined this time either.
I'm curious as to how many of us REALLY think that the people writing and voting for thesemeasures havent already opened up new ofshore bank accounts to cover whatever the new scam is that they are about to run.


Whats the over/under on long long it takes for this to die quietly under cover of "the next big thing" ??

Something to chew on...

When I was in High School, there always seemed to be this mystique around being voted in as the "Class President"
...but what in the fuck does a class president even do?

Did the class president ever get a soda machine for homeroom?
Did the class president ever change school hours?
Did the class president ever get us better 'gym uniforms?
Did the class president do anything to forward the athletic program?
No.

Why?

Because the class president has no real power.


Our selected officials work on the same premise.
The only difference is that it isn't "The Principal" that runs the school - its "the donors" that run election campaigns.
Our selected leaders make it through the primaries because SUPPORTERS (aka, bag men) pay their way in.
...and they get who they want to pay for
Does it matter?
Pfft.

Ask Bernie Sanders - see what he thinks - and then look at how quick he falls in line every time he runs and every time the donors tell him "not now Bernie"

The corporations that stand to "lose" money from bills like this are the same ones that write campaign checks.
...and they aren't about to write campaign checks to a bunch of crooked fucks that don't actually care about ANY of the shit they vote on.

Does anyone really think that a 10 billion dollar slush fund, available until September of 2028 under the auspices of "Worldwide Security Protection" is really going to be handled with integrity?
...by ethical people?
...for unbiased security efforts?
...in a manner that isn't tilted towards the stewards personal enrichment?


I'm not asking for a friend this time either.
I'm curious as to how many of us REALLY think that the people writing and voting for these measures haven't already opened up new offshore bank accounts to cover whatever the new scam is that they are about to run.


What's the over/under on long long it takes for this to die quietly under cover of "the next big thing" ??