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Bill: Media Equality and Freedom Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative 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: September 2606
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
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 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: Nudity on television is banned.
Current: Sexually explicit material is not allowed, but nudity that is not sexually explicit is.
Proposed: Sexually explicit material is allowed, but violent or hard core pornography is banned.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The time at which sexually explicit content may be shown on broadcast television (if allowed).
Old value:: Sexually explicit content or nudity may only be shown during hours that very few children watch television
Current: Sexually explicit content may only be shown during hours that very few children watch. Nudity may be shown all day long.
Proposed: Sexually explicit content may be shown all day long.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of video games.
Old value:: All video games are prohibited.
Current: The government maintains strict age limitation laws that require proof of age before sales of video games may be made.
Proposed: 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:34:41, July 14, 2008 CET | From | Plowshare Collective | To | Debating the Media Equality and Freedom Act |
| Message | support. the government had no business regulating this in the first place. |
| Date | 16:52:56, July 14, 2008 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the Media Equality and Freedom Act |
| Message | Support. Not a huge fan of article 1 though. |
| Date | 23:10:08, July 14, 2008 CET | From | Republican Patriciate Coalition | To | Debating the Media Equality and Freedom Act |
| Message | Against three, but is a lesser of many evils |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 715 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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