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Bill: Trustworthy News Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Coalition of CEOs
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: January 3306
Description[?]:
| We are happy that there is freedom of the press in the PDC, but we are appalled that the news is allowed to publish proven lies. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Current: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
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 | 02:51:24, May 17, 2012 CET | From |  Medrisite-Associated Revisionist Council | To | Debating the Trustworthy News Act |
| Message | "Another forgotten relic of the Selucian occupation, no doubt. The M.A.R.C. will vote favorably." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 184 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 16 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
| Random quote: "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." - Thomas Jefferson |