An Amendment to BOR. I
BE IT ENHANCED BY THE STATE OF FIRESTONE CONGRESS THAT:
PREAMBLE: In order to satisfy our constitutes in enduring they have less stress and annoyance while performing their duties, this amendment shall also continue to protect our citizens against abuse.
Section 1: An Amendment to BOR.I shall be proposed.
Section 2: BOR.I currently states the following: Citizens shall be free of prosecution when expressing an opinion. The impediment of freedom of speech is a crime. Defamation and slander are not illegal unless under special circumstances if set by Congress. The deletion of wall posts without the permission of the poster is forbidden; however a wall post may be deleted freely if it is spam, a scam, or is not official to the State of Firestone. Furthermore, press agencies have the freedom of press and the unalienable right to report news without fear of government interference or censorship: no legislation can impede on the right to publish. Freedom of Speech will only be restricted by the ROBLOX Rules of Conduct, Terms of Service, or Privacy Policy; although no individual may be prosecuted in a court of law for violating standards set by the ROBLOX Rules of Conduct, Terms of Service, or Privacy Policy. The use of external communications or sites, outside of ROBLOX, as evidence in a court of law for instances of slander, defamation and/or harassment is not valid and such evidence are to be dismissed. Law enforcement agencies and their officers are obligated to yield parts of their right to speech upon a citizen’s request to know their name, callsign, and/or badge number, and they must oblige within 2 minutes; however they are not obligated to do so in a situation deemed simply too intense and pressing for such, with reasoning plausible, and may delay its provision until the intense and pressing situation is resolved. Further, law enforcement is only obligated to comply with requests for name, callsign, and/or badge that are made in English, and are requested while said officer is on duty. Law Enforcement must state their name, callsign, and/or badge number within the global ROBLOX chat in-game. They are not to use /whisper or any other in-game command to otherwise avoid informing the requesting citizen with their credentials.
Section 3: BOR. I shall be amended to state the following: Citizens shall be free of prosecution when expressing an opinion. The impediment of freedom of speech is a crime. Defamation and slander are not illegal unless under special circumstances if set by Congress. The deletion of wall posts without the permission of the poster is forbidden; however a wall post may be deleted freely if it is spam, a scam, or is not official to the State of Firestone. Furthermore, press agencies have the freedom of press and the unalienable right to report news without fear of government interference or censorship: no legislation can impede on the right to publish. Freedom of Speech will only be restricted by the ROBLOX Rules of Conduct, Terms of Service, or Privacy Policy; although no individual may be prosecuted in a court of law for violating standards set by the ROBLOX Rules of Conduct, Terms of Service, or Privacy Policy. The use of external communications or sites, outside of ROBLOX, as evidence in a court of law for instances of slander, defamation and/or harassment is not valid and such evidence are to be dismissed. Law enforcement agencies and their officers shall be obligated to yield parts of their right to speech upon a citizen’s request to know their name, callsign, and/or badge number, and they must oblige within 2 minutes; however they are not obligated to do so in a situation deemed simply too intense and pressing for such, with reasoning plausible, and may delay its provision until the intense and pressing situation is resolved. It shall only be required once per incident for an officer to state their name, callsign and/or badge number by only the officer(s) involved in said incident and any further instance of statement shall be at the sole discretion of the officer(s). Further, law enforcement are only obligated to comply with requests for name, callsign, and/or badge that are made in English, and are requested while said officer is on duty. Law Enforcement must state their name, callsign, and/or badge number within the global ROBLOX chat in-game. They are not to use /whisper or any other in-game command to otherwise avoid informing the requesting citizen with their credentials.
Section 4: This act shall go in effect immediately following the completion of the requirements set for passage of legislation as set by the Constitution.
Chief Sponsor:
The Right and Honorable Senator, Sharkfish82
Co-Sponsors:
Senator, Clonemep