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Bill: Freedom of Speech

Details

Submitted by^[?]: Kirlawa Freedom 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: August 2129

Description^[?]:

There no such thing as the "Party is always right" in Kirlawa, thus media censorship, whatever the scale has no place here

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: The nation has no laws regarding libel.

Article 2

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 and hate speech.

Proposed: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.

Article 3

Proposal^[?] to change International media content regulation.

Old value:: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.

Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.

Proposed: International media content is free from regulation

Debate

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Voting

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Seats

yes

Total Seats: 286

Democratic Socialist Workers Party (57)
HappyTime (0)

Total Seats: 57

abstain

Golden Age Party (67)
Ownership Party (0)

Total Seats: 67

Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to prevent confusion by ensuring unofficial or outdated bills labelled as "Cultural Protocols" are removed from their nation page.

Random quote: "If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin." - Charles Darwin

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