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Bill: Prevention of misinformation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialanarchist 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: July 2384
Description[?]:
| The might and manipulative power of the media is significant. If they are not regulated in the slightest they can control the population without it even knowing. For their opinions the people are responsible themselves. So we cannot outlaw anything that is just a matter of opinion. Getting false information however seriously hampers the ability to form an individual opinion if it does not make it outright impossible. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
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 | 15:39:53, April 02, 2007 CET | From |  Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Prevention of misinformation |
| Message | If this bill passes, no matter its good intentions, here come the lawsuits. Especially lawsuits by those who can more the ambly afford access to the civil courts (i.e. public figures such as celebrities, politicians, etc.). Not to mention, it opening the door to government prosecution and conviction of individuals who publish satirical or critical works regarding government officials and policies. This seems to be a very slippery slope were standing on with this potential piece of legislation. |
| Date | 17:39:00, April 02, 2007 CET | From | Socialanarchist Party | To | Debating the Prevention of misinformation |
| Message | Most, if not all, of those Lawsuits would fall in the categories of either libel or slander. The first is forbidden (well, at least falsehoods) and the second is not. Concerning the governmental prosecution of critics... A satire is an opinion and does not seriously claim to be a fact so they are not in danger. The critical work is not in danger as long as it adheres to the truth. Or at least to things that cannot be disproved. If the government can prove that the work contains falsehoods however they are right in censoring or demanding corrections in those parts. Without this restriction and some cooperation between the media and the government liberty would be in much graver danger. |
| Date | 07:45:19, April 03, 2007 CET | From | Militant Libertarian Front | To | Debating the Prevention of misinformation |
| Message | as soon as tghere is co-operation between media and government, liberty is on thwe path to destruction...not that the leftist coalition hasn't already started that process |
| Date | 04:29:03, April 04, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Prevention of misinformation |
| Message | I'm against it. If people want to buy junk, so bit. They have all rights to. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 284 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 316 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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