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Bill: Free speech provision
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: April 2077
Description[?]:
| This bill recognizes the government's commitment to freedom of speech, and declares that freedom of speech shall not be infringed by legislative, executive, or judicial power. Nothing in this bill shall be construed so as to protect the deliberate publication of proven falsehoods. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:37:52, June 28, 2005 CET |
From | Militant Labour Party | To | Debating the Free speech provision | | Message | If it includes fascist groups, we will have to vote against because of the Militant Labour policy of 'no platform'. |
| Date | 19:29:19, June 28, 2005 CET |
From | Communist Party | To | Debating the Free speech provision | | Message | I believe it is necessary given the attacks on free speech in the past, such as the seizure of Communist Party funds and the proposed Anti-Communist Bill. And yes, it absolutely includes fascist groups. We believe that limiting the free speech of fascist groups would 1) disorient the working class by allowing the fascists to portray themselves as victims; 2) encourage reliance on the capitalist state, and not on the working class's power, to fight fascism. |
| Date | 11:34:37, July 03, 2005 CET |
From | Federal Technocrats | To | Debating the Free speech provision | | Message | This bill has changed somewhat since last I saw it. It is now the bill for the provision of lies and falsehoods. It sounds like an attempt to promote propaganda and journalistic bias, no way. |
| Date | 07:01:04, July 04, 2005 CET |
From | Communist Party | To | Debating the Free speech provision | | Message | The original proposal that "the right to freedom of speech shall not be infringed" requires the additional (ooc: now available) language for its effective implementation. This bill does nothing to "promote propaganda and journalistic bias"; rather, it refuses to allow for a state monopoly on determination of the truth or falsehood of political opinions. We will remove this provision, though, if it makes the difference between the bill's passage and failure. |
| Date | 10:49:59, July 04, 2005 CET |
From | Federal Technocrats | To | Debating the Free speech provision | | Message | That isn't the only interpretation for a 'proven falsehood'. Agreed we would not want a state run monopoly on media content, but 'proven falsehoods' is slightly extreme. The media can say whatever it wants in opinion, but they still have to inform the people. |
| Date | 21:59:25, July 06, 2005 CET |
From | Communist Party | To | Debating the Free speech provision | | Message | This is an argument for another time. The proposal has been moved, and the bill altered to make clear that the current law on publication of false information is upheld. |
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Seats |
| yes | Total Seats: 225 |
| no | Total Seats: 13 |
| abstain | Total Seats: 11 |
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