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Bill: Dissemination of Hate Speech Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos
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: January 2078
Description[?]:
| It is hereby made illegal for media to broadcast any content which has, as its sole or primary purpose, the incitement of violence against any race, religion, gender, or other identifiable minority group. To qualify as hate speech under this law, the speech in question must clearly incite listeners to commit acts of violence against members of an identifiable minority group, and further the speech must have no other redeeming qualities in the eyes of the community. |
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 laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:26:24, July 04, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Dissemination of Hate Speech Act |
| Message | We feel this strikes a balance between the rights of the media and the rights of minorities in our society. |
| Date | 20:35:46, July 04, 2005 CET | From | National Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Dissemination of Hate Speech Act |
| Message | This is censorship! We vote NO!!! |
| Date | 18:14:07, July 05, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Dissemination of Hate Speech Act |
| Message | We support the idea behind this bill, however, where is the line between what is hate and what is expression of free speech drawn. Perhaps when the expression makes threats of violent action towards other groups of people? |
| Date | 19:11:03, July 06, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Dissemination of Hate Speech Act |
| Message | After the next elections I'll be rewriting this bill to more clearly define what hate speech is. |
| Date | 06:38:57, July 07, 2005 CET | From | National Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Dissemination of Hate Speech Act |
| Message | This severily limits free speech and we do hope others realize this. Please vote no on this. |
| Date | 04:10:58, July 08, 2005 CET | From | National Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Dissemination of Hate Speech Act |
| Message | If this passes I will devote all the rest of the time I have left in this administration to revoke this. |
| Date | 05:43:41, July 08, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Dissemination of Hate Speech Act |
| Message | There is one part of this legislation that troubles me. That is the part that states, "To qualify as hate speech under this law, the speech in question must clearly incite listeners to commit acts of violence against members of an identifiable minority group". What if the speech in question is meant to clearly incite listeners to committ acts of violence against members of an identifiable "majority group"? It does not qualify as hate speech under this bill. Hate speech against any group, minority or majority, is hate speech nonetheless. The preamble to this proposal should have reflected that. Good thing the preamble doesn't effect the core proposal. |
| Date | 05:47:52, July 08, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Dissemination of Hate Speech Act |
| Message | On that principle though we will vote no. All people's of this Free State should be equally protected from hate speech whether they are a minority or a majority. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 178 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 103 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 78 |
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