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Bill: Freedom of the Press Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Military 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: December 2119
Description[?]:
| Noting that Freedom of the Press is one of the fundamental liberties needed to sustain a free, democratic society, this bill would give more power to the media, allowing it to publish articles, without regulation by government. |
Proposals
Article 1
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; everything else may be published freely.
Proposed: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:04:20, September 30, 2005 CET | From |   First Socialist Party | To | Debating the Freedom of the Press Act |
| Message | I don't know... I kinda like laws against propoganda. |
| Date | 14:27:37, September 30, 2005 CET | From | Militant Labour Party | To | Debating the Freedom of the Press Act |
| Message | Propaganda is not the correct term. It covers all ideological argument on a mass scale, including militarist propaganda, pacifist propaganda, all sorts of political perspectives. |
| Date | 16:17:09, September 30, 2005 CET | From | First Socialist Party | To | Debating the Freedom of the Press Act |
| Message | Pacifist propoganda? Give us one example of such. |
| Date | 21:23:02, September 30, 2005 CET | From | United Military Party | To | Debating the Freedom of the Press Act |
| Message | Could it possibly be neo-hippies? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 82 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 73 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 94 |
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