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Bill: Media Regulations - 2146
Details
Submitted by[?]: Alliance 44
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: August 2147
Description[?]:
| M-2146 |
Proposals
Article 1
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 has no position on who may use or what is published on the internet.
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 and hate speech.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content is free from regulation
Current: International media content is free from regulation
Proposed: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:44:05, November 27, 2005 CET | From |  Society of Sadists | To | Debating the Media Regulations - 2146 |
| Message | A confused bill tightening up in one clause and loosening in another... |
| Date | 14:49:27, November 27, 2005 CET | From | Alliance 44 | To | Debating the Media Regulations - 2146 |
| Message | Thers is absolutely no confusion in this bill. Banning the so called 'hate speech' is only a libertarian bluff to limit freedom of speech, while we see little point in giving privileges to international media. |
| Date | 15:33:31, November 27, 2005 CET | From | Society of Sadists | To | Debating the Media Regulations - 2146 |
| Message | Articles 1 and 2 make sense (to a degree) but 3 is unenforceable. I vote in favour on balance but not in totality. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 39 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 58 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 3 |
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