[20210211]IF11759_外国政府赞助的广播节目.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov February 11, 2021Foreign Government-Sponsored Broadcast ProgrammingOverview Congress has enacted several laws to enable U.S. citizens and the federal government to monitor attempts by foreign governments to influence public opinion on political matters. Nevertheless, radio and television viewers may have difficulty distinguishing programs financed and distributed by foreign governments or their agents. In October 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed new requirements for broadcast radio and television stations to identify foreign government-provided programming. Statutory Background For nearly 100 years, beginning with the passage of the Radio Act of 1927 (P.L. 69-632) and the Communications Act of 1934 (P.L. 73-416), Congress has required broadcast stations to label content supplied and paid for by third parties so viewers and listeners can distinguish it from content created by the stations themselves (47 U.S.C. 317, 508). In addition, Congress enacted the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA; P.L. 75-383) in 1938 initially to combat the influence of foreign propaganda. Today, FARA imposes registration, reporting, and record-k