FCC Votes To Require Stations To Label Broadcasts Sponsored By Foreign Governments
deadline.comThe FCC voted to require that stations disclose when a foreign governments lease time to broadcast content.The rule, passed in a 4-0 vote, also will require that stations alert viewers when the airtime has been purchased by a foreign political party, an agent acting on behalf of a government or party, or a U.S.-based foreign media outlet.Although foreign governments cannot directly hold broadcast licenses, advocates of the rule say that they are increasingly leasing time on stations.FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel cited the instances of foreign Chinese and Russian sponsored programming.She said that “this is not a strictly recent phenomenon” but that press reports of the prevalence of such programming has multiplied.The disclosure
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