Cable companies can ban 'indecent' programming on access channels
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The US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found in Alliance for Community Media v. FCC that section 10 of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, which allows cable operators to refuse to air indecent public access programming, is constitutional. The Alliance argued that state action was present and that the restrictions violated the First Amendment. The Court found that government regulations allowing operators to censor public access programming were not the result of state action. The court found segregation and blocking to be an appropriate means of restricting children's access to such programming.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1995
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FCC indecency regulation scheme upheld
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The US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in June 1995 in Action for Children's Television v. FCC that Congress and the FCC could restrict the times of the day when broadcasters could broadcast indecent material. Part of the regulations which treated public stations and private stations differently was struck down. The Court ordered that all stations be allowed to broadcast indecency between 10 PM and 6 AM but invited Congress to introduce legislation limiting both public and private stations to the midnight to 6 AM safe harbor.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1995
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Senate passes bill limiting indecency on television to after midnight
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The Senate made another attempt to restrict the broadcast of indecent programming on television and radio, on Jun 3, 1992. The bill would authorize the FCC to allow indecent material to be broadcasting only between 10 pm and 6 am, but broadcasters believe the FCC's policy is unevenly enforced and is politically motivated. The bill would also increase federal funding to public television through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, although there is Republican opposition to increased funding for the Corporation.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1992
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