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ZMUN M441
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« on: November 30, 2022, 03:51:22 PM »
« edited: December 06, 2022, 03:42:53 PM by LGC Speaker ZMUN M441 »

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THE PROTECTING TRAUMATIZED LINCOLNITES ACT

SECTION I — Title
This legislation may be cited as the Protecting Traumatized Lincolnites Act.

SECTION II — Protecting Traumatized Lincolnites
1. It is the stance of the region of Lincoln that content warnings are helpful for those with trauma, and in many cases, can help prevent them from being triggered or retraumatized.

2. All regionally-funded and state-funded public broadcasting must include a content warning about the topic(s) in question if it contains discussions or allusions to any of the following topics:
  • Murder, including terrorism and genocide;
  • Rape and/or sexual harassment;
  • Abuse, including domestic violence, child abuse, peer abuse, and animal cruelty;
  • Self-harm and/or suicide;
  • Depictions of bigotry;
  • Pregnancy and/or miscarriage;
  • Kidnapping;
  • Gratuitous violence;
  • Blood

3. If the public broadcasting is a radio show, podcast, or other audial form of media, the content warning shall be in the form of a narrator reading the warning out. If the public broadcasting is a film, television show, video, or other visual form of media, the content warning shall be in the form of the aformentioned audial warning, combined with a black screen displaying the content warning in white text. If the public broadcasting is a story or other form of literature, the content warning shall be in the form of a typed warning. In all three cases, the content warning must be included before the 'main' content.

4. News articles, cable news, and other regionally-funded or state-funded journalism shall be excluded from this bill.

5. If an employee of a regionally-funded or state-funded broadcaster is found to have intentionally excluded a content warning when one would have been required, the broadcaster shall choose how to deal with them; however, they will not face any criminal charges unless the case is particularly egregious.

6. This legislation shall take effect on 1 January 2023.

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ZMUN M441
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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2022, 07:58:23 PM »

This bill requires the inclusion of content warnings in regionally-funded and state-funded public broadcasting that pertains to potentially retraumatizing topics. It includes an exception for journalism and real-time coverage of tragedies.
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« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2022, 05:21:55 AM »

Good act, i will support this.
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« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2022, 04:36:06 AM »

Motioning for a final vote.
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« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2022, 01:15:56 PM »

A final vote on this bill has been initiated.



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« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2022, 03:31:52 PM »

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« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2022, 06:18:21 PM »

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« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2022, 07:13:36 PM »

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« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2022, 07:26:49 PM »

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« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2022, 07:41:42 PM »

LGC 10.32 passes, 5-0
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« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2022, 08:16:12 AM »

This arguably infringes mildly on freedom of speech, but only very mildly and it's not like we are banning content. And the Council is unanimous so..

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« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2022, 08:33:10 AM »
« Edited: December 06, 2022, 08:36:53 AM by Laki »

This arguably infringes mildly on freedom of speech, but only very mildly and it's not like we are banning content. And the Council is unanimous so..

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The alternative for trigger / content warnings (which are in other countries often already in place) is banning said content, and i don't think most would agree on that. Content warnings or disclaimers is a good alternative. If you want to see the content, no-one is going to stop you, but at least you were informed about it. And nothing would change for news broadcasts which was important to include, otherwise the entire broadcast would be disrupted by trigger warnings almost continuously, but you can expect that when watching a news broadcast. The act is more about providing the warning where one would not expect it to see such coverage. The context matters here.
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