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Bill: GJA Media 8.12.2553.AD
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Socialist Agenda
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 2554
Description[?]:
| "The idea that the state owns the media is ridiculous." -Raamiah Galgenstrick, Chairman of the GJA >>Be it enacted by the Knesset of the Sixth Jewish Homeland of Beiteynu, the following shall become law: 1)(A)Article IX of the Jewish Homeland Code (JHC) shall be amended so that a section, "Section 1: Internet" is added, and it shall read: "1)(A)The internet shall be a private medium to be maintained by private Internet Service Providers (ISPs), (B) but the government shall have the power and the responsibility to take necessary steps to make sure that these ISPs (a) do not hold more than 60 percent of the internet market share each, (b) do not breach the privacy of citizens, and (c) do not break any laws. (C)These ISPs shall provide access to the global internet without any censorship or restriction, and may not censor citizens or restrict the transfer of their data. (D)ISPs may only charge the individual end users of the internet, but may not charge for websites, and (E)the government of the Sixth Jewish Homeland of Beiteynu shall pay fully for the usage of all internet services with speeds that are more than 30 percent lower than the average speed. 2)(A)The government may breach electronic privacy only with a court warrant, and (B) may use such power to perform investigations and pursue prosecutions against citizens who perform any actions online that are illegal under the JHC. 3)(A)The government shall design, fund, program, and offer for free software that (a) censors incoming information against information specified as "offensive" or "unwanted" by the user, (b) provides parental controls, (c) protects the user from malicious programs and spying programs, and (d) provides an option of anonymity to the users, (B) to those users that voluntarily wish for such software. (C)The government shall subsidize the development of software superior to its free offerings, and allow private companies to produce proprietary software with the same purposes, superior to that of the government software, for sale on the free market." 2)(A)Article IX shall be amended so that is shall have a new section, "Section 2: Television and Radio," and it shall read: "1)(A)The government shall not maintain any television or radio media channels, (B) but shall instead subsidize the maintenance of non-profit television and radio cooperatives that operate for informational and educational purposes, and (C) other television and radio stations shall be free to exist." 3)(A)It is the intention of this legislature that if any part of this law is declared unconstitutional, that all other parts shall remain in full force and effect.<< |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
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:: All television stations are owned by the state.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
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: 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 allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 211 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 189 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life brand names (eg. Coca Cola, McDonalds, Microsoft). However, in the case of military equipment brand names it is permitted to use simple number-letter combinations (eg. T-90 and F-22) borrowed from real life, and also simple generic names, like those of animals (eg. Leopard and Jaguar). |
| Random quote: "Law is mind without reason." - Aristotle |