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Bill: Media Freedom Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partiya Natsional'noy Gordyy
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: June 2120
Description[?]:
| The media has to be left free of any regulations. One can go to court in the event of falsehoods etc. |
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, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
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 | 17:23:59, October 02, 2005 CET | From |  Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Media Freedom Act |
| Message | That is true, they can still sue if there is slander or libel in the media |
| Date | 19:12:59, October 02, 2005 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Media Freedom Act |
| Message | I don't think that this is what the proposal means. I think this proposal actually renders defamation unactionable. The previous legislation would not stop the National Inquirer or Bi-weekly World News or the Daily Sun publishing utter garbage, but they ran the risk of being sued over it. I read the current proposal as guaranteeing that these organs can publish what they like and be exempt from defamation law. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 155 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 291 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 109 |
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