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Bill: Media Censure Proposal
Details
Submitted by[?]: We Say So! 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: March 2076
Description[?]:
| In order to maintain a free and open media, but not to encourage racist or the publication of blatantly false information, the media will be required to follow regulations as set out below. These guidelines will be regulated by the MSA (Media Standards Agency) which will be free from direct government interference and will monitor all televisual, radio and printed media. |
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 no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:44:47, July 02, 2005 CET | From |   Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Media Censure Proposal |
| Message | I agree that hate speech poses a problem and should be illegal. But what would constitute "false information" exactly? We can support this though. |
| Date | 16:46:23, July 03, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Media Censure Proposal |
| Message | False information is printing things that are blatant lies or clearly misleading. A recent real world example of which would be a recent headline of the Daily Telegraph: "500000 illegal immigrants - official!", which was misleading as it should have read "500000 illegal immigrants - predicted!". Not quite as hard hitting maybe, but factual accurate. |
| Date | 02:03:05, July 04, 2005 CET | From | Right Party | To | Debating the Media Censure Proposal |
| Message | Yes!We strongly condemn hate speech.All citizens are born equal and inciting others to discrimination, segregation and murder (as it is often case when hate speech is uttered) is unfit for a democracy and should be banned. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 290 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 101 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made" - Otto von Bismark |