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Bill: Wartime media regulations
Details
Submitted by[?]: Pan-Sekowan Fascist Front
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: March 2469
Description[?]:
| We are at war. So we need to take complete control over the media for the duration of the conflict: propaganda can be very harmful and eventually lethal to our war efforts. The will of our people for war is the backbone of our war efforts. We cannot afford to lose that will to treacherous foreign propaganda coming from our own media. This is to be only for the duration of the conflict. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: The government has no position on who may use or what is published on the internet.
Current: 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, ...)
Proposed: The government runs its own internet with government approved content only and no connection to the rest of the world.
Article 4
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 and hate speech.
Proposed: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content is heavily censored for political purposes.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of video games.
Old value:: The government does not regulate video games.
Current: The government does not maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
Proposed: Video games are prohibited, except those that pass strict government content ratings.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:02:00, October 10, 2007 CET | From | Saiken Renmei | To | Debating the Wartime media regulations |
| Message | We are not yet technically at war yet, only the HoS can declare war. |
| Date | 20:33:53, October 10, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Wartime media regulations |
| Message | As the CFP has pointed out, we are not at war. Regardless of that we will never vote for this shameful thing not even worthy of being called legislation. |
| Date | 22:21:41, October 10, 2007 CET | From | Plato's Republican Party | To | Debating the Wartime media regulations |
| Message | No war, no matter how vital, can possibly justify loss of freedom to the extent which this bill proposes. Plato's Republicans understand that it is those very freedoms which make our country great, and to do away with them when they become inconvenient is irresponsible and foolish. We do not believe that any such measures as these are necessary, even if we were at war. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 102 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 497 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play". |
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