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Bill: Freedom of the Press Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian Alliance
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: September 2322
Description[?]:
Allowing all papers and other public information sources total freedom to report on what they wish to. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Current: All radio stations are private.
Proposed: All radio stations are private.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television stations are owned by the state.
Current: All television media are private.
Proposed: All television media are private.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: The government runs its own internet with government approved content only and no connection to the rest of the world.
Current: The government allows anyone to use the internet but the police can run investigations concerning illegal activities conducted by using internet (child abuse, illegal filesharing, ...)
Proposed: The government has no position on who may use or what is published on the internet.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
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.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content is heavily censored for political purposes.
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content is free from regulation
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 18:07:33, November 30, 2006 CET | From | Alliance Quecha Party | To | Debating the Freedom of the Press Act |
Message | Disagree with 1 and 2, agree with 3 -5, hmm, looks like I'll sit this one out |
Date | 18:13:39, November 30, 2006 CET | From | Boogie Down Productions | To | Debating the Freedom of the Press Act |
Message | No to state domination of information, No to capitalist domination of information, we'll have to abstain, our own policies shall be presented soon. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes | Total Seats: 41 | ||||
no | Total Seats: 26 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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