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Bill: Media Regulation Adjustments
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Urban 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: January 2460
Description[?]:
| In order to make our citizens aware of national and/or international matters, while introducing a more liberal environment for the media, we, the LDS, propose the following bill: |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Proposed: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: All television stations are owned by the state.
Proposed: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: The government runs its own internet with government approved content only and no connection to the rest of the world.
Current: There is major censorship of the internet by the government.
Proposed: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Article 4
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.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content is heavily censored for political purposes.
Current: International media content is heavily censored for political purposes.
Proposed: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: Sexually explicit material is not allowed, but nudity that is not sexually explicit is.
Current: Nudity on television is banned.
Proposed: Sexually explicit material is allowed, but violent or hard core pornography is banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:59:20, September 23, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Urban Party | To | Debating the Media Regulation Adjustments |
| Message | NAP, I thought you were an open minded capitalist..... Don't complain about having a Third World status then.... |
| Date | 03:19:59, September 24, 2007 CET | From |  National Arab Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Media Regulation Adjustments |
| Message | We never did. |
| Date | 05:43:46, September 24, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Urban Party | To | Debating the Media Regulation Adjustments |
| Message | Well ok |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 109 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 282 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 114 |
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