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Bill: Media Freedom Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Fair Capitalism 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: December 2079
Description[?]:
| This will allow the media full freedom. |
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; everything else may be published freely.
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 | 22:00:58, July 04, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Media Freedom Act |
| Message | The publication of falsehoods is dangerous, but this is what the people want. |
| Date | 16:16:07, July 05, 2005 CET | From | Social Conservative Party | To | Debating the Media Freedom Act |
| Message | publication of proven falsehoods is unacceptable. I support that part of the people that didn't want that. |
| Date | 19:00:01, July 12, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Media Freedom Act |
| Message | Actually, I won't support this. The publication of falsehoods let to the Holocaust as well as the Rwandan genocide. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 122 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 91 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 187 |
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