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Bill: Media Content Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Bürgerlichen Soziale Union
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: February 3048
Description[?]:
| Media Content that lies, and is hateful etc, should be prohibited. |
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 laws against the publication of false information, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:37:36, December 18, 2010 CET | From | Enlightenment Party/Aufklärung Partei | To | Debating the Media Content Bill |
| Message | That's freedom of speech everyone can say whatever they want |
| Date | 00:37:11, December 19, 2010 CET | From | Bürgerlichen Soziale Union | To | Debating the Media Content Bill |
| Message | But whats the point of saying something thats hateful and insulting? |
| Date | 11:10:17, December 19, 2010 CET | From | . | To | Debating the Media Content Bill |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The intentions behind this may be good, but we fear it could led to an excess of censorship on free speech. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 186 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 314 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word." - Martin Luther King, Jr. |