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Bill: regulation of media content
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jesters & Jugglers Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2084
Description[?]:
| My party thinks that the media should be able to publish everything except for things proven to be falls |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:25:39, July 19, 2005 CET | From |  Society of Sadists | To | Debating the regulation of media content |
| Message | there should be only propaganda and pornography on tv! |
| Date | 20:41:17, July 19, 2005 CET | From | Primus Inter Pares | To | Debating the regulation of media content |
| Message | We don't agree with the argument of Society of Sadists. But our party fully supports the freedom speech and publishing. It should be a human right. |
| Date | 10:36:36, July 20, 2005 CET | From | Jesters & Jugglers Party | To | Debating the regulation of media content |
| Message | I'm waiting for the opinion of CLP and PLP before putting this up for a vote |
| Date | 20:07:40, July 21, 2005 CET | From | Communist Workers Party | To | Debating the regulation of media content |
| Message | Mine is better as it stamps out incitement of hatred. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 28 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 45 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 27 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself." - Thomas Paine |