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Bill: Media's right to invade privacy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hobrazian Party of Centrists
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: December 4343
Description[?]:
| noone should have to get their picture up on media so everyone can see it without their permission even if they are a public person |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content is free from regulation
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Privacy protection for those in the public eye.
Old value:: There are no restrictions on the media for pursuing personal stories and photos relating to the lives of public figures.
Current: There are no restrictions on the media for pursuing personal stories and photos relating to the lives of public figures.
Proposed: The media may only publish personal stories and photos relating to public figures with their explicit permission.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:36:37, February 03, 2018 CET | From | Progressive Partia of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Media's right to invade privacy |
| Message | We can agree to article one. However we cannot support article two. This article could have the effect of ‘chilling’ media’s right to report on political figures. The PPH believes that article two sets Hobrazia on a slipper slope that would eventually lead to censorship. |
| Date | 02:39:39, February 03, 2018 CET | From | Hobrazian Party of Centrists | To | Debating the Media's right to invade privacy |
| Message | if we remove article 2 will you support the bill |
| Date | 03:21:33, February 03, 2018 CET | From | Progressive Partia of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Media's right to invade privacy |
| Message | We will support if article two is removed. |
| Date | 04:13:10, February 03, 2018 CET | From | Hosianist Alliance | To | Debating the Media's right to invade privacy |
| Message | We support the whole bill, public figures should not have to worry about people they have never met posting personal stories about them. |
| Date | 23:33:55, February 03, 2018 CET | From | Kapitalistyczna Partia Hobrazia | To | Debating the Media's right to invade privacy |
| Message | We oppose. A free press is central to our nation's democracy. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 37 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 63 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Submitting a bill without any proposals in it will not attract or detract voters. It will not raise your visibility or change your political position. |
| Random quote: "We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it." - John Sherman |