Congress has approved funding for the first ever ‘Ministry of Truth’ propaganda agency in the United States, which Obama is expected to sign into law before he leaves office. Amid a heavy-handed crack down on independent media outlets under the guise of countering Russia propaganda, the U.S. government have introduced a number of emergency measures to ban subversive news from appearing online and to counter them with their very own propaganda. The House previously passed “H.R. 6393, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017“, at the end of November, which will allow U.S. authorities to outlaw independent media outlets from publishing in the United States. But this is not enough. Another more dangerous bill was quietly approved by the Senate on December 8th. Zerohedge.com reports: Recall that as we reported in early June, “a bill to implement the U.S.’ very own de facto Ministry of Truth has 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 [...]
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