Supervisors and Moderators Act 2023

Supervisors and Moderators Act 2023

Explanatory notes

This law was created by the Statute Law Revision Act 2023 to consolidate the following legislation:

• Mod Team Selection Act 2022
• Discord Channel Preservation Act 2023
• Mods Order 2023
• Deputy Reddit Supervisor Order 2023

Article 1: Deputy Supervisors

§1. The Deputy Supervisors shall assist the duties of the relevant Supervisors and shall be granted any necessary permissions to conduct said duties.

§2. The Reddit and Discord Supervisors shall each be assigned one Deputy Supervisor who they can appoint and dismiss at will.

Article 2: Moderators

§1. Moderators shall assist the duties of the relevant Supervisors and shall be granted any necessary permissions to conduct said duties.

§2. The Reddit and Discord Supervisors shall have the power to appoint moderators under the provisions of this Article.

§3. When a moderator needs to be appointed, the relevant Supervisor shall direct the Electoral Commission to set up and pin a Call for Candidates post on the SimDemocracy subreddit for twenty-four (24) hours.

§3.1. For a candidacy to be valid, the candidate must give an explanation as to why they should be appointed as a moderator. No political messages can be made in such an explanation.

§4. After the Call for Candidates has concluded, the Electoral Commission shall set up public referendums, lasting for twenty-four (24) hours, for every valid candidate where eligible voters may cast a vote for or against each candidate.

§5. The candidate with the highest number of votes in favour shall be appointed as a moderator.

§5.1. In the event of a tie, the relevant Supervisor shall have the power to decide which candidate is appointed.

§6. The relevant Supervisor shall have the power to direct the Electoral Commission to appoint more than one moderator under §3 of this Article.

Article 3: Archiving of Discord channels

Repealed §1. Only the Discord Supervisor or their assistants may archive a channel at the command of an Executive Order or legislation.

§1.1. The power to archive by Executive Order does not apply to channels within the Games, News, Universities, Judicial, or Political categories.

§1.2. For channels within the Games, News, and University categories, they may be archived at the request of the channel owner.

§1.3. For channels within the Judicial category, they may be archived at the request of the Supreme Court.

§1.4. For channels within the Political category, they may be archived if the party has been disbanded.

§2. When a channel has been archived:

§2.1. The date of archiving must be sent as a message to the archived channel in question, and

§2.2. A copy of the channel’s transcripts must be made and sent to the Archives Commission.

§3. Once a channel has been archived, it must remain within the Archive Category for a period of six (6) months.

§3.1. Within this time frame:

§3.1.1. The channel may be reactivated, and

§3.1.2. If the archived channel was not publicly accessible, the Archives Commission shall be precluded from publicly releasing a copy of its transcripts.

§3.2. The President shall have the power to extend the six (6) month time frame indefinitely if the channel holds vital information through an Executive Order.

§4. After a channel has been archived for six (6) months:

§4.1. The Discord Supervisor or their assistants may delete the channel at their discretion, and

§4.2. The Archives Commission may publicly release the transcripts of the relevant channel, as long as such release is not prohibited by law or the Terms of Service.

§4.2.1. The President shall have the power to block the public release of an archived channel’s transcript through an Executive Order if it could prejudice national security, or otherwise be prohibited by law or the Terms of Service on the balance of probabilities.

§1. Only the Discord Supervisor or their assistants may archive a channel at the command of an Executive Order or legislation.

§1.1 For channels within the Senate Category, they may be archived at the request of The Speaker of the Senate unless their existence is mandated by legislation.

§1.2. For any government-owned channels, they may be archived by a majority vote in the senate.

§1.3. For channels within the Judicial or Courts categories, they may be archived at the request of the Supreme Court unless their existence is mandated by legislation.

§1.4. For any privately owned channel, they may be archived at the request of the owner.