Rep. Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) introduced the Foreign Propaganda Disclosure Act, legislation to strengthen transparency surrounding foreign influence online by expressly including social media influencers under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The bill would amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to expressly include social media influencers within the definition of a “publicity agent.”
Jared Moskowitz will require monetized social media influencers acting as foreign publicity agents to be covered by the Foreign Agents Registration Act disclosure framework.
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Rep. Luna's office said Luna, Vicente Gonzalez, Derrick Van Orden, and Jared Moskowitz introduced the Foreign Propaganda Disclosure Act, which would expressly include social media influencers under FARA. It defines a social media influencer as a person with a monetized social media account and would include them within the definition of a publicity agent.
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CivicGate lists H.R. 10166 as introduced on August 27, 2026, with latest action the same day: referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. It lists Rep. Jared Moskowitz [D-FL-23] among 15 cosponsors.
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The promise was to require monetized social media influencers acting as foreign publicity agents to be covered by FARA disclosure rules, which requires enacted federal law or an equivalent implemented executive outcome. The evidence shows Moskowitz materially advanced a matching bill in the same congressional term as a cosponsor/co-lead, but the bill had only been introduced and referred to committee as of August 30, 2026. Because the promised legal requirement has not taken effect, this is not delivered. The legislative effort is serious enough to merit the effort badge.