Demand Congress Make Foreign-Funded Political Influencers Disclose Who Pays Them

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The Issue

Millions of Americans have stopped trusting the mainstream media and now get their news from independent journalists, podcasters and political influencers. But that new media ecosystem is facing its own crisis of trust. People are watching influencers suddenly reverse positions they've held for years, push narratives that benefit foreign governments, and attack anyone who questions them. The result? The internet is now flooded with accusations that political influencers are secretly being paid by foreign interests. Maybe some of those accusations are true. Maybe some aren't.

That's exactly why we need transparency. If you're being paid, directed, or financially backed by a foreign government or its agents while influencing American politics, the American people deserve to know. America First means American political discourse should never be secretly bought by foreign interests. Congress is already considering reforms aimed at strengthening foreign-influence transparency. The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) already requires certain people acting on behalf of foreign principals to register and disclose those relationships but the law was written long before influencers, podcasts and social media became major sources of political information.

It's time to bring FARA into the influencer era.

Sign this petition and demand Congress modernize FARA for the influencer era.

Linda Cuadros is a Change Ambassador who receives compensation in connection with this petition.

The Decision Makers

U.S. House of Representatives
3 Members
1 Responded
U.S. House of Representatives - Florida 13th Congressional District
“FARA is intended to be one of America’s most important transparency laws, and it needs to be brought in line with the reality of the digital age and the modern information warfare we are witnessing. My bipartisan Foreign Propaganda Disclosure Act closes that gap by explicitly requiring social media influencers who are paid or directed by foreign interests to disclose those relationships under existing law. Whether the money comes directly from a foreign government or through an intermediary, and regardless of which side of the political spectrum is involved, Americans deserve to know who is funding the message they are seeing. This is about transparency and making sure foreign influence operations cannot disguise themselves as organic American opinion. Please call your member of Congress and let them know you would like them to sign onto this bill so we can get it to the floor for a vote. — Representative Anna Paulina Luna”
Jim Jordan
U.S. House of Representatives - Ohio 4th Congressional District
Jamie Raskin
U.S. House of Representatives - Maryland 8th Congressional District
Chuck Grassley
Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee
Chuck Grassley
Former US Senate - Iowa
Dick Durbin
U.S. Senate - Illinois

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