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Bill: Slander and Hate Speech Act 3517
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Progressive Party
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: August 3518
Description[?]:
| Mr. Speaker, we believe that various forms of slander and hate speech, which can be hugely damaging to personal reputations or even to public order, should not be tolerated. There may be those who contend that this violates the freedom of speech, but we contend that there is no freedom to abuse speech. Yuko Asukai MP DPP Chair |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Libel laws.
Old value:: The nation has no laws regarding libel.
Current: Individuals may sue over falsehoods printed on them.
Proposed: Individuals may sue over falsehoods printed on them.
Article 2
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: 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 and hate speech.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Slander laws.
Old value:: The nation has no laws regarding slander.
Current: Individuals may sue over malicious falsehoods spoken about them.
Proposed: Individuals may sue over malicious falsehoods spoken about them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:00:21, July 20, 2013 CET | From | Radical Liberal Party of Dranland | To | Debating the Slander and Hate Speech Act 3517 |
| Message | Mr Speaker We support articles 1 and 3 but 2 is unacceptable. Hate speech is disgusting but it should be allowed. We believed that there has to be something done for publishing proven falsehoods. Kelly McCormick MP Human Rights Spokesperson |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 190 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 152 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 57 |
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| Random quote: "A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground." - H.L. Mencken |