DC: Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang says the federal government will punish media companies for the spread of misinformation if he wins in 2020.
Yang’s proposal would introduce “penalties for persistent and destructive misstatements that undermine public discourse,” according to his campaign website.
“We must introduce both a means to investigate and punish those who are seeking to misinform the American public. If enough citizens complain about a particular source of information and news is demonstrably and deliberately false, there should be penalties,” Yang explains on his website.
“I will appoint a new News and Information Ombudsman with the power to fine egregious corporate offenders. One of the main purposes of the Ombudsman will be to identify sources of spurious information that are associated with foreign nationals. The Ombudsman will work with social media companies to identify fraudulent accounts and disable and punish responsible parties,” Yang wrote.
Yang says his information watchdog would be part of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
“We need a robust free press and exchange of information. But we should face the reality that fake news and misinformation spread via social media threatens to undermine our democracy and may make it impossible for citizens to make informed decisions on a shared set of facts,” he adds on his website.
“This is particularly problematic given that foreign actors, particularly Russia, intend to do us harm and capitalize on our freedom of information. We need to start monitoring and punishing bad actors to give the determined journalists a chance to do their work.”
Joe Goebbels would be proud.
THIS DUDE SUCK
“Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell
How would he collect the fines from the proven liars, who are economically non-viable: ie, CNN, NYT, et al??
Need more laws.
Because Democrats have violated (unpunished too) most all the existing laws.
and we are the Nazis ???
We have hundreds of “Manchurian Candidates” now.
Anyone ever watch the movies titled, “1984”? The state spies on everyone; they tattle on each other, and the state is the absolute arbiter of everything and every thought; past, present, and future.
I can’t believe we are actually gonna go down this path.
BTW, isn’t this the dude from the “Goonies”?
Shut your mouth you dirty little Chicom.
19842024Orwell had the year wrong.
Finally a Ministry Of Truth.
I have been hoping for its creation ever since I read 1984 in middle school.
That and TVs that can spy on you in the privacy of your home.
Oh wait, 1984 was a warning?
Not a road map to Utopia?
I wonder if he will crack down on government spread misinformation, and how he would go about it?
Oh FFS… With democrats reserving the right to define what constitutes “misinformation”, you can be certain that this will be the usual clusterfuck democrat idea. Plus, it’s completely and utterly unconstitutional, like virtually everything the asshole democrats propose these days.
And libtards can’t figure out why the 2A was added to our Bill of Rights.
Sounds eerily similar to what China is currently doing….wait, is Yang a Chinese name?
Yangtze what I did there? ROR
“And libtards can’t figure out why the 2A was added to our Bill of Rights.”
…they DO know, @Pelopidas …that’s WHY they WANT it GONE…
I can imagine a “Federal crackdown.”
That when Federal heads are cracked up.
A Taiwanese Goebbels just want America needs (NOT!) These foreigners need not apply for the presidency.
https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.AgEhlHEteE4vf0hr0yLVuwHaKb&pid=Api
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lovepenalize you long time.Soooooo… the democrap party – with all ITS false narratives, news stories, dossiers, & misinformation – AND the lamestream media, with more of the SAME – will ALL be put OUT OF BUSINESS?! 😳 😳 😳
Me thinks he yings his yang too long.
–This news has been approved and certified by the FCC.–
Gee, I feel safer already.
None of it will apply to Progressive Liberals
Yeah, and the misinformation will be anything said, reported, or printed by a conservative…
He’s going to put himself in jail?
Who gets the fine moneys? Eh?
Seems we had a similar situation a couple years ago where the collected funds were used by shitheads instead of going into the general fund.
All the best ideas come from America while the worst ones come from Asia and especially Europe.
Why is that?
This is the land of apple pie, baseball, and cheeseburgers. Over there is the land of socialism, communism, tyranny, and death camps.