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Bill: Public Service Act

Details

Submitted by[?]: Frjálslyndi Flokkurinn

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: February 4457

Description[?]:

1: The state should not sway the opinions of the populous to the benefit of the current establishment. We therefore propose that all Radio stations should be privately owned.

2: By the same logic as Article 1 we propose that television should be entirely privately owned.

3: The state has no business regulating games.

4: The state should not regulate what and how private individuals view movies.

Proposals

Debate

These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:

Date11:52:56, September 18, 2018 CET
FromMiðflokkurinn
ToDebating the Public Service Act
MessageWe view these proposals as ideologic rather than anything else. Full privatisation of the media would allow news channel owners to control media output and this would inevitably favour the right and discredit the left. There should be a fair balance and the current laws are close to that.

A complete deregulation of video games and movies is also risky given that it could expose young and vulnerable people to swathes of difficult and challenging experiences. Again, there is need for a common sense position on this, not an ideological one.

Date15:06:05, September 18, 2018 CET
FromFrjálslyndi Flokkurinn
ToDebating the Public Service Act
MessagePrivatisering the media would not benefit any specific agenda or ideology. State media would favour the current establishment and act as state propaganda.

Regarding games and film: it is the responsibility of the parents not the state to decide when their child is mature enough for the game or movie.

Date15:09:22, September 18, 2018 CET
FromFrjálslyndi Flokkurinn
ToDebating the Public Service Act
MessageAlso considering we currently have laws in place that actively breaks up monopolies that would not be an issue either.

Date17:01:14, September 18, 2018 CET
FromMiðflokkurinn
ToDebating the Public Service Act
MessageOf course privatisation would benefit the right. Only wealthy individuals would be able to afford media channels and their sympathies lie with money-making and money-making only. At least public media platforms are regulated to ensure that they are neutral.

Why is it the responsibility of parents to decide whether their children should play video games or watch movies that contain murder, violence, domestic abuse or substance abuse? The state says that only adults make participate in drinking alcohol, smoking or joining the military - so does FF believe parents should decide instead?

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Voting

Vote Seats
yes
 

Total Seats: 165

no
  

Total Seats: 236

abstain

    Total Seats: 0


    Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation.

    Random quote: "Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions." - Niccolo Machiavelli

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