The U.S. Department of Defense has proposed a new framework for determining whether a film or television production receiving U.S. military assistance is bowing to the demands of Chinese communist regime censors.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2023 included a provision barring the U.S. military from providing film production assistance for projects that are likely to or have already complied with censorship requests of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The DoD began implementing this new policy last year, and this new rulemaking proposal continues the process of formalizing the policy.
The proposed rule, published on July 16, states that the department seeks to inform film productions about the restrictions set forth in the 2023 NDAA. The proposed rule lays out the criteria the DoD will use to determine whether it can assist in a film project and sets out new sample Production Assistance Agreements for filmmakers to use when requesting DoD assistance on a project….