THE PROTECTING TRAUMATIZED LINCOLNITES ACTSECTION I — TitleThis legislation may be cited as the Protecting Traumatized Lincolnites Act.
SECTION II — Protecting Traumatized Lincolnites1. 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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