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Bill: Anti-Propaganda Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Whig Party
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: April 4373
Description[?]:
This bill proposes ending tax payer funded radio and TV stations and eliminating the propaganda that news from these stations serves to distribute. Furthermore this bill would allow journalist and the Rutanian media to report news to the Rutanian people freely without needing to abide by what is decided by those in power as truth. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which receive no subsidies from the government.
Proposed: All radio stations are private.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which receive no subsidies from the government.
Proposed: All television media are private.
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; 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 no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 06:16:20, April 03, 2018 CET | From | Rutanian Rural Party | To | Debating the Anti-Propaganda Act |
Message | We support articles 1 and 2, but not 3. Therefore we are abstaining |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes |
Total Seats: 245 | |||||
no | Total Seats: 133 | |||||
abstain |
Total Seats: 372 |
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