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Bill: Forbidding Media From Lying Act of 2457
Details
Submitted by[?]: 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō)
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: June 2458
Description[?]:
| The DSP, while believing in freedom of the press, does not believe that news media should be allowed to law, as it leads to misinformation and a great amount of danger, especially in times of emergency. Therefore the DSP proposes that there be laws against the publication of false information, but everything else be published freely. |
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 and hate speech.
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 | 06:55:30, September 19, 2007 CET | From | Pan-Sekowan Fascist Front | To | Debating the Forbidding Media From Lying Act of 2457 |
| Message | Only state must be allowed to lie to public for greater good. Thus we agree with this. |
| Date | 23:23:34, September 19, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Forbidding Media From Lying Act of 2457 |
| Message | So the CeC, AUP AND CFP all support allowing the media to lye to the people. IT's becoming abundantly clear neither party seems to care for the people. |
| Date | 06:29:25, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Plato's Republican Party | To | Debating the Forbidding Media From Lying Act of 2457 |
| Message | Plato's Republicans agree that it is unfathomable why any of our parties would accept the printing of outright lies. While we in the PRP are staunch supporters of free speech in its many forms, the knowing spread of misinformation falls outside the boundaries of free speech. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 315 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 284 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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