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Bill: Promoting Truth and Accountability
Details
Submitted by[?]: Zoroastrian People's Party
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: May 2519
Description[?]:
| We believe the state should promote the principles of "Good thoughts, good words, good deeds." That means people should be held accountable when speaking words that are hateful and blatantly untrue. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Libel laws.
Old value:: Individuals may sue over falsehoods printed on them.
Current: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions printed on them.
Proposed: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions printed on them.
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 and hate speech.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content is free from regulation
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Slander laws.
Old value:: Individuals may sue over malicious falsehoods spoken about them.
Current: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions spoken about them, if judged to be malicious.
Proposed: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions spoken about them, if judged to be malicious.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:49:32, January 18, 2008 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Promoting Truth and Accountability |
| Message | Article 1. LP supports free speech and will not vote for this. Article 2. Again LP is against regulation of the media. This will only lead to government propaganda. Article 3. LP does not support the idea that you can sue somebody based on opinions printed. Article 4. Same as article 3. |
| Date | 10:50:55, January 18, 2008 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Promoting Truth and Accountability |
| Message | Also about article 1 if media supplies the public with false information the current legislation is enough of an incentive to prevent this as it would lead to massive losses. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 443 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 169 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 138 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life fictional references (eg. Gandalf, Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker). |
| Random quote: "By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens." - John Maynard Keynes |