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Bill: Regulation of Media Content
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialists Fury
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: August 2190
Description[?]:
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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: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
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 | 07:15:22, February 21, 2006 CET | From |  Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Regulation of Media Content |
| Message | I tried to pass this a few years ago. However, I am not sure what my current stand is on the issue. |
| Date | 13:43:08, February 21, 2006 CET | From | United Worker's Party | To | Debating the Regulation of Media Content |
| Message | We support this. Hate speech should not be tolerated in the media. |
| Date | 21:46:50, February 21, 2006 CET | From | king nibbles Party | To | Debating the Regulation of Media Content |
| Message | this will put an end to a free press and thus end free speach |
| Date | 00:47:39, February 23, 2006 CET | From | Socialists Fury | To | Debating the Regulation of Media Content |
| Message | It's not ending free speech, it's just ending hate speech and false information..... |
| Date | 22:28:27, February 23, 2006 CET | From | National Prosperity and Unity Front | To | Debating the Regulation of Media Content |
| Message | False information is already prohibited! This bill is unnecessary, and dangerous from a perspective of who defines what "hate speech" is. It will cause more trouble than it would prevent. The NPUF votes no! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 157 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 344 |
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