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-- enforcement authority: "the Directorate's Counsel on Social Communication and the National Commission on Telecommunications will" have overseeing power; "it is wrong to state that a committee of users will become censors or will pressure the journalists;" and
-- independent productions: many already exist on TV and radio but haven't "developed into a powerful industry because they have neither space nor market;" the new law wants to assure they do.
Other answers said the new law isn't unique; programming is strengthened, not harmed; censorship won't be imposed; TV and radio stations will be required to air five hours of independently produced programs in prime time; children and adolescents will be protected from offensive content; programming containing violence or sex will air in adult time slots; media/Internet users (through committees) will participate in enforcement; and public funding will help promote independent producers.
Overall, Venezuela's broadcast and digital media will remain open, free, fair and uncensored. The new law aims to improve programming with public committees involved in enforcement. Compared to it, American content is run by a government/giant media cabal, offering managed news, infotainment, and junk food news, creating what Project Censored calls a "truth emergency" needing fixing to restore fast eroding democratic values near extinction.
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