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Bill: Media Regulation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Feministische Partei
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: January 4189
Description[?]:
We propose the following: |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 21:28:55, March 29, 2017 CET | From | Ein Dorvik | To | Debating the Media Regulation Act |
Message | Mr speaker, How does one interpret free speech? Something that simply offends or something really rascist and wrong? This is important because some people would want everything they don't agree with banned and to be honest if this passes that is exactly what's going to happen. The Ein Dorvik newspaper will be banned and so does everything that has a different opinion to the feminists. At a glance this may seem a decent idea but look at who's proposing it and it may be an idea to think again. Before I go this bill is also hypocritical. The feminists generally promote man-hating, that, for us is hate speech. Thank you Freidreick Reiksberger, leader and representative. |
Date | 22:38:17, March 29, 2017 CET | From | Fortschrittsvereinigung | To | Debating the Media Regulation Act |
Message | Mr Speaker, We vigorously oppose any curb on the freedom of speech and expression; as such we naturally oppose this authoritarian proposal. Kevin Cranz, FD Leader, Justice Minister |
Date | 00:16:25, March 30, 2017 CET | From | Feministische Partei | To | Debating the Media Regulation Act |
Message | Mr.Speaker This is not a bill mandating a point of view or banning one. This bill bans the use of slurs witch is hurts free speech, if people uses slurs it makes minority's fearful that they will get attacked for sharing there opinion in the free marketplace of ideas. For Mr.Rieksberger concern his newspaper will be safe just hire an editor and you will fine. - Rep. Anneli Schinkel (Fem.) |
Date | 14:50:51, March 30, 2017 CET | From | Fortschrittsvereinigung | To | Debating the Media Regulation Act |
Message | Mr Speaker, I've never heard such utter tosh in my entire life! "this bill bans the use of slurs which hurts free speech". Madam Schinkel, that is an utter contradiction in itself. If you BAN such slurs, that is in itself hurting freedom of speech, not protecting it! Making minorities fearful? Where on God's green Earth are you getting this rhetoric and so called logic from? Kevin Cranz, FD Leader, Justice Minister |
Date | 16:23:23, March 30, 2017 CET | From | Feministische Partei | To | Debating the Media Regulation Act |
Message | Mr.Speaker Our logic behind this is that for the free market place of ideas there needs to be a safe place for disadvantaged people, and such we must disagree on the fact that slurs are speech, they as we said make it so minority's and to a lesser extent women can feel safe giving there point of view that's why we believe that slurs have a harmful effect on freedom of speech and democracy Mr. Cranz - Alice Merz |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||||
yes |
Total Seats: 101 | |||||||
no |
Total Seats: 386 | |||||||
abstain |
Total Seats: 18 |
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