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Bill: Flow of Information Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Workers' Communist Party of Cobura
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: December 2835
Description[?]:
| To help ensure the purity of the minds of the proletariat against the corrupting forces of the evil bourgeoisie. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are private.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Current: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Proposed: The government runs its own internet with government approved content only and no connection to the rest of the world.
Article 3
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: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Article 4
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 banned.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of the viewing of movies.
Old value:: The viewing of movies is not regulated by the government.
Current: The viewing of movies is not regulated by the government.
Proposed: Only government approved movies are allowed to be viewed.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of video games.
Old value:: The government does not regulate video games.
Current: 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.
Proposed: Video games are prohibited, except those that pass strict government content ratings.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:00:55, October 20, 2009 CET | From |  Aesthetic Party of the Revolution (APRE) | To | Debating the Flow of Information Reform Act |
| Message | APRE labels these proposals as "reactionary and against principles of popular revolution". |
| Date | 08:25:16, October 20, 2009 CET | From | National Business Party (NBP) | To | Debating the Flow of Information Reform Act |
| Message | "We agree with many of these proposals, but not public ownership". |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 21 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 28 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 26 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "Society comprises two classes: those who have more food than appetite, and those who have more appetite than food." - Nicolas Chamfort |