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Bill: State Media Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kundratek Herialdetako Alderdi Komunista
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: April 3629
Description[?]:
| The bourgeois control of media must come to an end,and the state must assume control to protect the masses from right-wing indoctrination. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national radio station 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 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television media are private.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Article 3
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; 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 | 03:07:09, February 27, 2014 CET | From | Unio enim si quis Motus Populi | To | Debating the State Media Act |
| Message | This attack on the free distribution of news media is disturbing. A government that can't handle a little criticism is not fit to govern |
| Date | 03:12:15, February 27, 2014 CET | From | Kundrati Liberty Movement (KLM) | To | Debating the State Media Act |
| Message | The KLM would be fine with one or two state television channels. As the Union for a Popular Movement stated though, to been "subversive anti-government material" is just ridiculous. This can easily be extended to mean just about anything. Imagine if the KLM said that any communist is "spreading subversive anti-government material" and then locked them up. Would you enjoy jail time simply for freely voicing your opinions? |
| Date | 03:12:47, February 27, 2014 CET | From | Kundrati Liberty Movement (KLM) | To | Debating the State Media Act |
| Message | *To ban "subversive anti-government material" Not to been. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 269 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 481 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: All role-play must respect the established cultural background in Culturally Protected nations. |
| Random quote: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun... our principle is to have the Party control the gun and never allow the gun to control the Party." - Mao Zedong |