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Bill: Free Speech Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kolonial Partei
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: June 2809
Description[?]:
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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 and hate speech.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:25:47, August 28, 2009 CET | From | Konstitutionelle Monarchie Partei | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | Hate speech is not free speech. |
| Date | 02:29:02, August 28, 2009 CET | From | Königs Reichspartei | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | I think the word 'hate' is objective and should really be changed to critical. |
| Date | 02:31:46, August 28, 2009 CET | From | Kaiserlich Partei | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | I think there is a misconception in this proposed legislation. The current law prohibits false information and hate speech. I agree with FGP in that Hate Speech is not Free Speech. For example, it is Free Speech to say that: the earth is flat, however it is Hate Speech to state that: all Asians deserve to die. There is a rather large difference, and therefore I think that allowing the media to publish freely would be somewhat detrimental. NP, who would decide if the information is false? If it is a government agency, wouldn't it undermine the fundamental principles of a Liberal Democracy? |
| Date | 05:49:31, August 28, 2009 CET | From | Kolonial Partei | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | No, it wouldn't. At all. |
| Date | 07:51:00, August 28, 2009 CET | From | Kaiserlich Partei | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | NP, Liberal Democracy prides itself on a free and skeptical media. This propsed legislation will undermine such principles. |
| Date | 03:19:40, August 29, 2009 CET | From | Kolonial Partei | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | What exactly does that have to do with the bill? This is removing unnecessary censorship of hate speech. |
| Date | 04:10:05, August 29, 2009 CET | From | Kaiserlich Partei | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | This has a lot to do with the bill. I fear the Government would be given the power to deem all information detrimental to governance as "Hate Speech". |
| Date | 04:29:34, August 29, 2009 CET | From | Kolonial Partei | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | Why the heck would you think that? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 441 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 284 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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