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Bill: Information Quality Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Arab Party of Kafuristan
Status[?]: passed
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: January 2420
Description[?]:
| The IQA will serve to limit and control lies and misconceptions in television and radio. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: The government has no position on who may use or what is published on the internet.
Current: There is major censorship of the internet by the government.
Proposed: There is major censorship of the internet by the government.
Article 2
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, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:40:32, June 25, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Alliance | To | Debating the Information Quality Act |
| Message | Again intolerable. |
| Date | 12:04:40, June 26, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Party | To | Debating the Information Quality Act |
| Message | Oh dear. It seems the extreme right and left have joined into a totalitarian coalition. |
| Date | 02:35:36, June 28, 2007 CET | From |  National Arab Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Information Quality Act |
| Message | For stability. One nation. One future. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 294 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 86 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 120 |
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