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[kanox]

Treating foreign media as a "national security issue" is extremely scary. This is not something that free societies do.

[dvt → kanox]

> Treating foreign media as a "national security issue" is extremely scary.

Not really. RT and Al Jazeera has (rightfully) suffered much of the same scrutiny. There's a fundamental difference between something extremely partisan (think Breitbart or HuffPo) and something state-sponsored. Let's not bury our heads in the sand here.

[bigpumpkin → dvt]

RT and Al Jazeera may suffer scrutiny, but the US government cannot ban Americans from reading them.

[nmfisher → dvt]

But this is tantamount to banning Americans from accessing the Al Jazeera website. It’s obscene.

[kanox → dvt]

> There's a fundamental difference between something extremely partisan (think Breitbart or HuffPo) and something state-sponsored.

Not really, free speech should apply even to hostile foreign propaganda.