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Bill: Media Act 3583
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Defense Front
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 3584
Description[?]:
| By supervising media we can protect our people from falsehood and foreign propaganda. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Current: All advertising is permitted.
Proposed: Only governmental organisation advertising is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Article 4
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: There is major censorship of the internet by the government.
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 government sets a range of standards (to be determined) but these only apply to movie theaters.
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 maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
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 | 19:35:13, November 29, 2013 CET | From |  Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Media Act 3583 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We do not see the need for Article 1. The existing law already satisfies the objectives of the bill description. While our media entities are private, there are already laws to regulate what they are allowed to broadcast: http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=395144 We already censor almost everything for political purposes. The content, that manages to pass the initial filters, shouldn't have to go through further filters. Certain movies and games, of foreign origin, are already banned. -- Paul Fertig, Chairman of the NRG, President of Lodamun |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 29 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 378 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 192 |
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