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US Lawmakers Push for More Transparency Over Foreign Governments’ US Media Operations

US Lawmakers Push for More Transparency Over Foreign Governments’ US Media Operations
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) speaks to reporters about the Inflation Reduction Act outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 6, 2022. Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
Reporter
10/18/2022|Updated: 10/18/2022
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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation to boost the authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to oversee foreign sponsorships of TV and radio programs broadcast in America.

The bill, dubbed the Identifying Propaganda on Our Airwaves (IPA) Act, would allow the FCC to require that broadcasters check foreign media databases to identify who is sponsoring the programming (pdf).
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
Reporter
Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.
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