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Bill: Media Freedom Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Federalist Party
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: February 3656
Description[?]:
| Recently freedom of expression has become choked. We propose to reverse this. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
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, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of the viewing of movies.
Old value:: The government sets a range of standards (to be determined) and these apply to cinemas and private homes.
Current: The government sets a range of standards (to be determined) but these only apply to movie theaters.
Proposed: The viewing of movies is not regulated by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:04:23, April 22, 2014 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Media Freedom Bill |
| Message | We can support articles 2-4, we'll stomach 5, but 1 is unacceptable. |
| Date | 09:09:03, April 22, 2014 CET | From | National Federalist Party | To | Debating the Media Freedom Bill |
| Message | We can remove article 1 regarding international media and have it as a separate bill. |
| Date | 10:27:36, April 22, 2014 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Media Freedom Bill |
| Message | That is fine by us, though we wouldn't be able to support the seperate bill. It would be best if you introduced it as an explicitly non-coalition bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 300 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 450 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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