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Balanced Internet And Surveillance Act …

Legislative Bill · Columbia

Balanced Internet And Surveillance Act of 2015

Proposed by Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC) · fronted by Alexandra Brown

Opened

20 Oct 2015

Voting closes

19 Dec 2015

Chambers

2 legislatures

Articles

2 changes

Rationale

Balancing innovation and safety requires updated digital oversight: light-touch regulation prevents abuse while enabling targeted surveillance protects citizens from serious crime.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous		Proposed
1	Internet Freedom	Completely unregulated internet; no content restrictions of any kind		Light-touch regulation (net neutrality; limited takedown orders for serious crime only)
2	State Surveillance Powers	Strict privacy protections (right to encryption; no bulk data collection; facial recognition banned)		Targeted surveillance (court order required; independent oversight commissioner)

1

Internet Freedom

Previous law

Completely unregulated internet; no content restrictions of any kind

Light-touch regulation (net neutrality; limited takedown orders for serious crime only)

2

State Surveillance Powers

Previous law

Strict privacy protections (right to encryption; no bulk data collection; facial recognition banned)

Targeted surveillance (court order required; independent oversight commissioner)

Proposer

Party

Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC)

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Core pillars

Alexandra Brown

Activist · Age 54

20,500 social followers

The heiress to a shipping fortune, Alexandra Brown parlayed her elite connections and unshakable confidence into a career as a vocal champion for conservative values, using her wealth and charm to rally both elites and grassroots supporters.

🎤 Fantastic Speaker 💰 Wealthy 🔗 Well Connected

Timeline

Draft

20 October 2015
Vote Open

20 October 2015
Vote Closed

19 December 2015
Did Not Become Law

19 December 2015

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Senate

Passed

34Yes 24No 42Not voted 100 seats

For: 34 / 100 seats (34.0%)

Against: 24 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 42

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 58.6%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC) Proposer	11	Yes	No reason given
Democratic Peoples Coalition	9	No	No reason given
Liberal Modernist	15	No	No reason given
National Peoples' Coalition	0	Yes	No reason given
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance	16	Yes	No reason given
Social Democrats Of Columbia	7	Yes	No reason given
Empty seats	26	Not voted

House of Representatives

Passed

161Yes 101No 173Not voted 435 seats

For: 161 / 435 seats (37.0%)

Against: 101 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 173

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 61.5%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC) Proposer	56	Yes	No reason given
Democratic Peoples Coalition	30	No	No reason given
Liberal Modernist	71	No	No reason given
National Peoples' Coalition	0	Yes	No reason given
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance	70	Yes	No reason given
Social Democrats Of Columbia	35	Yes	No reason given
Empty seats	103	Not voted

Presidency

Failed

0Yes 1No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 0 / 1 seats (0.0%)

Against: 1 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Liberal Modernist	1	No	No reason given

Voting record

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