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The Tenth Amendment to the Charter of the Democratic Socialist Assembly
Author(s): Classlessia
Co-Signer(s): N/A
Date Enacted: 4 April 2011
Final Vote Count: 13-0-0
Author(s): Classlessia
Co-Signer(s): N/A
Date Enacted: 4 April 2011
Final Vote Count: 13-0-0
The following is inserted as Art. III, Sec. V:
The previous Sec. V and VI of Art. III respectively become Sec. VI and VII of the same Article.
Section V - Reaffirmation of the Freedom of Expression
Clause I. As the DSA has made special commitments to the preservation of civil and political rights and have espoused equality, justice and freedom as core values, the DSA hereby reaffirms our commitment to the freedoms of speech and expression.
Clause II. As evidence of this reaffirmation, the DSA hereby limits the authority of the Regional Founder, the WA Delegate or any other DSA official to censor both the Regional Forum and the Regional Message Board. These officials shall retain their right to edit or suppress a member’s post for the sole purpose of removal of overly obscene posts, threatening or malicious posts, defamatory or libelous statements or unwanted spam.
Clause III. To further protect the freedoms of expression and speech, an archive of removed or suppressed posts shall be kept along with the archive of other regional message board posts on the off-site forum. In addition, a similar log of removed posts shall be kept of posts from the regional forum. If a post is deemed to be so heinous as to merit exclusion from being logged, the person censoring such a post must explicitly detail why said post was inappropriate.
Clause IV. Any abuse of such a power on the part of the WA Delegate, the Regional Founder or any other DSA official shall be considered appropriate grounds for the drafting of articles of impeachment under Article III, Section I, Clause V of this charter.
Clause V. The affirmation of this right shall in no way infringe upon the right of any member nation to delete, edit or otherwise alter their own post.
Clause I. As the DSA has made special commitments to the preservation of civil and political rights and have espoused equality, justice and freedom as core values, the DSA hereby reaffirms our commitment to the freedoms of speech and expression.
Clause II. As evidence of this reaffirmation, the DSA hereby limits the authority of the Regional Founder, the WA Delegate or any other DSA official to censor both the Regional Forum and the Regional Message Board. These officials shall retain their right to edit or suppress a member’s post for the sole purpose of removal of overly obscene posts, threatening or malicious posts, defamatory or libelous statements or unwanted spam.
Clause III. To further protect the freedoms of expression and speech, an archive of removed or suppressed posts shall be kept along with the archive of other regional message board posts on the off-site forum. In addition, a similar log of removed posts shall be kept of posts from the regional forum. If a post is deemed to be so heinous as to merit exclusion from being logged, the person censoring such a post must explicitly detail why said post was inappropriate.
Clause IV. Any abuse of such a power on the part of the WA Delegate, the Regional Founder or any other DSA official shall be considered appropriate grounds for the drafting of articles of impeachment under Article III, Section I, Clause V of this charter.
Clause V. The affirmation of this right shall in no way infringe upon the right of any member nation to delete, edit or otherwise alter their own post.