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Bill: Internet Data Protection Regulation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Baltusia Parliamentary 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: September 4588
Description[?]:
Whilst recognising the security agencies’ vital work, the BPP describes current snooping practice as “undemocratic, unnecessary and – in the long run – intolerable”. We call for new laws, which comply with international human rights, when many want to scrap our Human Rights commitments. We advocate judicial sign-off on all interception and some communications data warrants – a protection that we, the BPP, have sought for over a decade. Further, we find no case has been made for the current status quo and notes that few other Terra nations require the blanket retention of weblogs. We understand the arguments of critics of these proposals, who seek to justify the blanket interception of communications moving in and out of Baltusia. Yet most boldly assert about the need for blanket surveillance whilst nearly always speaking of a “known terrorist” or specific “intelligence operation”. The BPP notes that there is surely a difference between collecting data on a known suspect or group and trawling through the private communications of entire populations. Whether you support the BPP or not, we the Baltusian people and our representatives should at least know about capabilities and practices built and conducted in our name. To value privacy is not to be soft on terrorism, nor is debating surveillance powers in the internet age best advanced by the slogan: “Nothing to hide; nothing to fear.” The BPP takes the pragmatic stance that there is no such thing as a risk-free society and it’s too much to expect of the agencies or the law to deliver it. What there might be is a more open and balanced discussion about how we adapt to new threats and technologies whilst safeguarding the intimacy, dignity and trust that human beings crave. Charlie Parnell, Shadow Home Secretary. BPP and Gemma Sherry, Shadow Justice Minister, BPP |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: There is major censorship of the internet by the government.
Current: The government has no position on who may use or what is published on the internet.
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 International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content is heavily censored for political purposes.
Current: International media content is free from regulation
Proposed: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Debate
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Vote | Seats | |||||
yes |
Total Seats: 360 | |||||
no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
abstain |
Total Seats: 175 |
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