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Re:Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuter... by scarface_74 on Thursday August 17, 2023 @09:09PM (#37170370)
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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Re:Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuter... by Dan_Sylveste on Thursday August 17, 2023 @10:43PM (#37170888)
> 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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Re:Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuter... by scarface_74 on Thursday August 17, 2023 @10:53PM (#37170937)
It requires them to “register”. It can not tell them what to publish or how to publish it.
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