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    Japan ruling party to propose legislation to punish undue interference by foreign powers, such as the spread of misinformation on social networking sites
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    Japan ruling party to propose legislation to punish undue interference by foreign powers, such as the spread of misinformation on social networking sites

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    1. Niowanggiyan on

      What? State-sponsored online misinformation is conducted from bases in other countries, by agents whose identities aren’t known to local authorities. They’re unreachable. This legislation seems designed rather to punish foreigners in Japan who post critical messaging regarding Japanese political parties or politicians. Another rather authoritarian xenophobic step in a very disturbing trend…

    4. Oddsee on

      How about the Prime Ministers who use overseas bot farms to get hundreds of millions of views on their campaign videos? Will they be punished? 🤔

    5. ragequitteroffureh on

      This doesn’t make sense.

      It makes it sound like they’re trying to make it illegal for the old boys to accept bribes from strange foreigner man organisations.

      Is there a special carve out when it’s organisations like Palantir who are buying the old boys here?

    6. TORAIEMON on

      The fact that a Prime Minister backed by the Unification Church—a South Korean cult—is coming out with statements like this means he absolutely wants to implement fascism.

    8. gtr06 on

      The same people in this country can’t imagine cars coming without air conditioners like where I’m from.

    9. Icy_Alps_5479 on

      Like other Japanese entities in the country don’t try to sway opinions. Jesus.

    11. jferrisjapan on

      What about the misinformation about foreigners on social networking sites posted by conservative groups and racists?

      Tons of misinformation about foreigners abusing the welfare system, not paying taxes and dodging medical bills.

      Any punishment for those groups?