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Bill: Media privatisation and regulation Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nationalliberale Partei Dundorfs(NLPD)
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: December 4910
Description[?]:
| This Bill will completely privatise Media stations and Remove Media Regulation |
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: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are private.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
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 and hate speech.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
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 | 12:48:10, March 22, 2021 CET | From | Nationalliberale Partei Dundorfs(NLPD) | To | Debating the Media privatisation and regulation Bill |
| Message | The Freedom of the Media is Important to secure the Freedom of the People, this will will make the media more free in their way to publish informations. |
| Date | 00:21:50, March 23, 2021 CET | From | Bündnis Liberaler und Arbeiter | To | Debating the Media privatisation and regulation Bill |
| Message | Against certain provisions but I'll just abstain because it's overall a good step |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 135 | |
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 284 |
| Random fact: The influence a bill has on elections decreases over time, until it eventually is no longer relevant. This can explain shifts in your party's position to the electorate and your visibility. |
| Random quote: "It all came from there." - Lech Walesa (pointing to a TV when a reporter asked him why communism fell) |