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Bill: Media Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social and Liberal Democratic 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: September 2421
Description[?]:
| To reform government policy on aspects of the media |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
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 and hate speech.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: Nudity on television is banned.
Current: Sexually explicit material is not allowed, but nudity that is not sexually explicit is.
Proposed: Sexually explicit material is not allowed, but nudity that is not sexually explicit is.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The time at which sexually explicit content may be shown on broadcast television (if allowed).
Old value:: Sexually explicit content may only be shown during hours that very few children watch. Nudity may be shown all day long.
Current: Sexually explicit content or nudity may only be shown during hours that very few children watch television
Proposed: Sexually explicit content or nudity may only be shown during hours that very few children watch television
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:25:58, June 29, 2007 CET | From |   TSDRP | To | Debating the Media Act |
| Message | We disagree with article one. Who defines "hate speech" |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 159 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 396 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life fictional references (eg. Gandalf, Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker). |
| Random quote: "The empires of the future are the empires of the mind." - Winston Churchill |