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Bill: Ban on hate speech and proven falsehoods
Details
Submitted by[?]: Lodamun Centre-Left Coalition
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: June 2075
Description[?]:
| NOTING that current Lodamun law only bans printing of proven falsehoods in media, this bill SEEKS to ban not only said flasehoods but also hate speech, defined as any form of statement that would discriminate a person, or group, or organisation due to their race, language, religion, gender or sexual orientation. No one should be discriminated against, REGARDLESS of race, language, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Also REALISING that this is a serious problem, and that perpertrators of the law be JAILED for a time to be decided by the Supreme Court and their media outlet SUSPENDED for the same amount of time. |
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 and hate speech.
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 | 03:13:06, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Ban on hate speech and proven falsehoods |
| Message | We would like a clear definition of hate speech. |
| Date | 03:15:11, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Lodamun Centre-Left Coalition | To | Debating the Ban on hate speech and proven falsehoods |
| Message | Changed the bill's wording. |
| Date | 03:35:56, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Ban on hate speech and proven falsehoods |
| Message | There is a severe problem with the wording here. It means that no physical description of any wanted criminal can be published. Discriminate actually means to identify as different from others in some way. This may be positive or negative or neutral. Hate speech is only negative discrimination, but what exactly constitutes this is pretty much undefinable. A report that says," two white men in their twenties are sought in connection with this robbery", would, technically be hate speech against whites, against men and against people in their twenties. Can we suggest that you use some construction that refers to the use of some characteristic to identify a whole section of the population that bear this characteristic with specific negative image or images. Thus two white males in their twenties are sought... is not hate speech as there is no generalisation, but 'white men in their twenties are all likely to be racist" is hate speech. |
| Date | 03:56:06, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Lodamun Centre-Left Coalition | To | Debating the Ban on hate speech and proven falsehoods |
| Message | If the ASP could put forward an amendment, we would be willing to bring up a new bill with that said amendment. |
| Date | 04:22:18, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Ban on hate speech and proven falsehoods |
| Message | You could try: NOTING that current Lodamun law only bans printing of proven falsehoods in media, this bill SEEKS to ban not only said flasehoods but also hate speech, defined as any form of statement that is perjorative and seeks to provoke hatred of a person, group, or organisation where such person, group or organisation is identified on the basis of their race, language, religion, gender or sexual orientation. No one should be discriminated against, REGARDLESS of race, language, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Also REALISING that this is a serious problem, and that perpertrators of the law be JAILED for a time to be decided by the Supreme Court and their media outlet SUSPENDED for the same amount of time. |
| Date | 06:45:21, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Ban on hate speech and proven falsehoods |
| Message | The wording is still off kilter, but we will support the idea. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 240 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 210 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The majority of nations in Particracy are "Culturally Protected" with an established cultural background. Only the "Culturally Open" nations are not bound by the rules surrounding culture. The Cultural Protocols Index should be consulted for more information about the cultural situation of each nation. |
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