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Bill: State Media Content Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Abandoned NFC Headquarters
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: March 2077
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
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, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:21:13, July 02, 2005 CET | From |  Imperial Conservative Party | To | Debating the State Media Content Reform |
| Message | "and subversive anti-government material". Oh boy, the ways this could be misused are staggering! Much better facing attacks from the media than a nation with limited freedom of speech. |
| Date | 15:27:22, July 02, 2005 CET | From | Abandoned NFC Headquarters | To | Debating the State Media Content Reform |
| Message | Do you really want the Nazis' hate to spew forth in Endralon? Do we really need anarchists to spout crap about how the best government is a lack thereof? I agree that a government should be somewhat criticized, but the only other option cut 'subversive anti-government material' altogether. If we cut that out, then we are legally not allowed to stop terrorist plots. If there are no laws against 'subversive antigovernment material', we're screwed. I predict that the government would last only a few weeks otherwise. |
| Date | 15:42:54, July 02, 2005 CET | From | Imperial Conservative Party | To | Debating the State Media Content Reform |
| Message | The way its handled in Britain is to allow as much time as the opinion is assumed to attract public support. Ie. Labour and Conservative get a lot more time on political shows and the news than UKIP and BNP. But xenophobic views are allowed through - briefly - as long as no laws on incitement to racial hatred etc. are broken. It means we have a lot more anti-establishment rabble on open show here. But if anything, that weakens the attraction of such groups compared to an outright media ban! |
| Date | 15:48:15, July 02, 2005 CET | From | Abandoned NFC Headquarters | To | Debating the State Media Content Reform |
| Message | It says nothing about a ban on free media, merely a limit on what can be said. An example would be that no Al-Jazeera would be allowed to exist within Endralon's borders, which I heartily approve. |
| Date | 16:49:54, July 02, 2005 CET | From | Patriotic Libertarian Party | To | Debating the State Media Content Reform |
| Message | Freedom of speech! |
| Date | 02:06:22, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Endralon | To | Debating the State Media Content Reform |
| Message | For once we agree with the PLP. The right to free speech MUST NOT BE INFRINGED. |
| Date | 19:52:00, July 07, 2005 CET | From | MLC Old Endralonian Resistance | To | Debating the State Media Content Reform |
| Message | yup sadly siding with PLP here. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 369 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 290 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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