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Bill: Media Freedom Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Liberal Alliance
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: March 4190
Description[?]:
| Media Freedom Act |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: There is major censorship of the internet by the government.
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: 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, ...)
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Privacy protection for those in the public eye.
Old value:: The media may only publish personal stories and photos relating to public figures with their explicit permission.
Current: The media may publish personal stories and photos relating to public figures, but only if deemed in the interest of the public.
Proposed: The media may publish personal stories and photos relating to public figures, but only if deemed in the interest of the public.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: Nudity on television is banned.
Current: Sexually explicit material is not allowed, but nudity that is not sexually explicit is.
Proposed: Sexually explicit material is allowed, but violent or hard core pornography is banned.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of video games.
Old value:: Video games are prohibited, except those that pass strict government content ratings.
Current: The government maintains strict age limitation laws that require proof of age before sales of video games may be made.
Proposed: 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:30:32, April 02, 2017 CET | From | Aldegar Unity Party | To | Debating the Media Freedom Act |
| Message | For Article 4, what do you mean when anyone could spy on the Aldegarian military figures for "public interest", some censorship needs to be kept. |
| Date | 01:42:15, April 02, 2017 CET | From | Democratic Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Media Freedom Act |
| Message | Investigative journalism can hardly be called "spying" - particularly when the details of what they publish must be in the national interest to be published. The gossip and petty goings on of public figures does not qualify - however if a military figure were caught in an affair, or an embezzlement scandal, or the like - not only would that information present a grave and serious threat to our national security should they be blackmailed or exploited, but necessarily therefore forms part of the public interest and ought to become common knowledge so that proper action can be taken. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 395 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 174 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 81 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them." - Mark Twain |