U.S. International Broadcasting Act

E109615

United States federal law broadcasting law

The U.S. International Broadcasting Act is a U.S. federal law that organizes and governs the nation’s publicly funded international media outlets to promote accurate, objective news and support freedom of information abroad.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act	2
Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act	2
U.S. International Broadcasting Act canonical	1
U.S. International Broadcasting Act of 1994	1
U.S. international broadcasting	1
U.S. international broadcasting law	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T930989 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: U.S. International Broadcasting Act
Context triple: [Voice of America, legalBasis, U.S. International Broadcasting Act]

A. Cuban Democracy Act
The Cuban Democracy Act is a 1992 U.S. law that tightened economic sanctions on Cuba while promoting support for the Cuban people and pressuring the Cuban government toward democratic reforms.
B. Nunn–Cohen Amendment
The Nunn–Cohen Amendment is a 1987 U.S. law that created a unified special operations command and funding authority, significantly strengthening and institutionalizing American special operations forces.
C. U.S. intelligence authorization and appropriations acts
U.S. intelligence authorization and appropriations acts are annual laws passed by Congress that govern, fund, and oversee the activities and budgets of the U.S. intelligence community.
D. Foreign Service Act of 1980
The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is a U.S. federal law that modernized and codified the structure, personnel system, and operations of the United States Foreign Service.
E. Helms–Burton Act
The Helms–Burton Act is a 1996 U.S. law that tightened and extended the economic embargo against Cuba, including extraterritorial sanctions on foreign companies doing business with the island.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: U.S. International Broadcasting Act
Target entity description: The U.S. International Broadcasting Act is a U.S. federal law that organizes and governs the nation’s publicly funded international media outlets to promote accurate, objective news and support freedom of information abroad.

A. Cuban Democracy Act
The Cuban Democracy Act is a 1992 U.S. law that tightened economic sanctions on Cuba while promoting support for the Cuban people and pressuring the Cuban government toward democratic reforms.
B. Nunn–Cohen Amendment
The Nunn–Cohen Amendment is a 1987 U.S. law that created a unified special operations command and funding authority, significantly strengthening and institutionalizing American special operations forces.
C. U.S. intelligence authorization and appropriations acts
U.S. intelligence authorization and appropriations acts are annual laws passed by Congress that govern, fund, and oversee the activities and budgets of the U.S. intelligence community.
D. Foreign Service Act of 1980
The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is a U.S. federal law that modernized and codified the structure, personnel system, and operations of the United States Foreign Service.
E. Helms–Burton Act
The Helms–Burton Act is a 1996 U.S. law that tightened and extended the economic embargo against Cuba, including extraterritorial sanctions on foreign companies doing business with the island.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ broadcasting law ⓘ
aimsTo	counter censorship and information control abroad ⓘ ensure reliable news for foreign audiences ⓘ strengthen democratic values through information ⓘ
appliesTo	U.S. government-funded English-language broadcasting to foreign audiences ⓘ U.S. government-funded foreign language broadcasting ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
defines	mission of U.S. international broadcasting ⓘ standards for U.S. international broadcasting content ⓘ
establishes	a framework for governance of U.S. international broadcasters ⓘ a statutory charter for Voice of America ⓘ
governs	Middle East Broadcasting Networks ⓘ Office of Cuba Broadcasting ⓘ Radio Free Asia ⓘ Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty ⓘ Voice of America ⓘ
hasEffectOn	editorial policies of U.S. international broadcasters ⓘ governance of U.S. international media networks ⓘ
hasPrinciple	editorial independence of journalists ⓘ news must be accurate ⓘ news must be comprehensive ⓘ news must be objective ⓘ professional journalistic standards ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
language	English ⓘ
legalForm	statute ⓘ
opposes	propaganda that lacks factual basis ⓘ state censorship of information ⓘ
purpose	to organize and govern U.S. publicly funded international media outlets ⓘ to promote accurate and objective news abroad ⓘ to support freedom of information abroad ⓘ
regulates	U.S. government-funded international broadcasting ⓘ U.S. international media outlets ⓘ
relatedTo	U.S. foreign policy communication ⓘ United States public diplomacy strategy ⓘ
requires	adherence to high professional journalistic standards ⓘ balanced and comprehensive news coverage ⓘ
sector	broadcasting ⓘ international communications ⓘ media ⓘ
subject	freedom of information ⓘ international broadcasting ⓘ public diplomacy ⓘ
supports	access to uncensored news ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ

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