Re:US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove Tik...
by jkaplowitz on Monday December 16, 2024 @11:28AM
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Correct, the mere act of spreading foreign propaganda, without more, is not illegal.
But spreading foreign propaganda is indeed illegal despite that precedent if one does it as an agent of a foreign government within the FARA legal definition (which is reasonably implied by being on their payroll) and does not register with the US government as a foreign agent, aside from certain exceptions.
But spreading foreign propaganda is indeed illegal despite that precedent if one does it as an agent of a foreign government within the FARA legal definition (which is reasonably implied by being on their payroll) and does not register with the US government as a foreign agent, aside from certain exceptions.
That’s the scenario which started this subthread:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42430717