All posts by Smith-Mundt News
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Voice of America Persian Service targeted Americans with illegal Facebook ads
BBG Watch Commentary The review by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and his committee staff found that insufficient...
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USAGM CEO John Lansing ignored early warnings of ads targeting Americans
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO John Lansing, who had been appointed in 2015 during the Obama administration, had ignored early warnings...
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Voice of America Russian Service’s illegal targeting of Americans with Facebook ads exposed by Rep. Royce
BBG Watch Commentary The review by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and his committee staff found that insufficient...
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Congress exposes repeated violations of Smith-Mundt Act in USAGM agency’s Facebook ads targeting Americans
BBG Watch Commentary The review by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and his committee staff found that insufficient...
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Voice of America to target Americans despite ban on funding domestic news distribution, critics say
SMITH-MUNDT NEWS COMMENTARY While “Information intended for foreign audiences” (such as Voice of America – VOA programs) “may, upon request and reimbursement of the reasonable...
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From defunct to ridiculous – how IBB officials are ruining good name of U.S. international broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary It did not occur to International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) bureacrats that Americans might not like the removal of the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act...
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Voice of America management burdens its own broadcasters with getting programs ready for domestic distribution
BBG Watch Commentary The Voice of America (VOA), U.S. taxpayer-funded international broadcaster can barely adequately cover news for foreign audiences it is required by law...
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Voice of America partially removes misleading language about domestic use of its programs
From BBG Watch Commentary In a victory by critics against government officials trying to claim new powers which they can’t legally claim, the Voice of...
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Middle America newspapers call for restoring ‘Big Brother’ domestic propaganda ban for BBG
BBG Watch Commentary The Post and Courier, the main daily newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina, has called for restoring the Smith-Mundt government propaganda ban on...
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Much of Voice of America content is third-party copyright-protected and cannot be easily re-used commercially in the U.S.
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) TERMS OF USE/PRIVACY NOTICE shows much of its content is third-party copyright-protected material and cannot be commercially re-used...