• If a comment in reddit was generated because a company paid for it to be created, a disclosure should be attached to that comment.
• If a comment in reddit was generated because a government entity paid for it to be created, a disclosure should be attached to that comment.
• If a comment in reddit was generated because a non-profit organization paid for it to be created, a disclosure should be attached to that comment.
• If a comment in reddit was generated by a person not affiliated with any organization, then no disclosure should be necessary.
The spirit of the law would be to make it impossible for organizations to push content without the people knowing which organization(s) are responsible for said content.
I see some seriously filthy and disgusting comments all over reddit. If the source of those comments are from an organization, I want to know.
Note, this law should apply to all internet and social media, not just reddit.
All comments made by or on behalf of government or its agents should be disclosed as a matter of public records just as their email correspondence are.
Like this one from Hillary Clinton to Chelsea Clinton
From: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 11:11 PM
To: Diane Reynolds
Subject: Re: I'm in my office
Two of our officers were killed in Benghazi by an Al Queda-like group: The ambassador, whom I handpicked and a young communications officer on temporary duty w a wife and two young children. Very hard day and I fear more of the same tomorrow.
Let's try again later.
Oh, hang on, they were kept on a private computer specifically to avoid public scrutiny. And then everyone got hook on the "muh classified emails" part and not the "avoiding FOIA requests" part.
You must be mistaken. All that was wiped by BleachBit, like with a washcloth or something, and then the whole server caught fire in the Clintons' bathroom and was very thoroughly burned into molten metal. It could happen to anyone.
🤔 is possible these things already are covered under FOIA- i wonder is anyone has tried this. Would need to find example where we know it’s happening
Yo that's genius. Which means it'll never happen
Hear hear!
I certainly wouldn't expect anyone in govt to propose this. It would have to come from the people, somehow, but I'm not a lawyer so I wouldn't know where to start.
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This appears well-intentioned, but it might have unintended consequences.
I don't think such a law is possible because the government needs to deceive people. That is why the Obama administration repealed the ban on government propaganda in the United States. They would never enact something in good faith that would actually thwart their ability to do disinform.
U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News to Americans https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/14/u-s-repeals-propaganda-ban-spreads-government-made-news-to-americans/