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Regulation of Broadcast Indecency Background and Legal Analysis
ProQuest Congressional Research Digital Collection: Part C (2011 forward) Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional law.
- Freedom of speech.
- Judge-made law.
- Pornography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Contained In:
- ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] [publisher not identified] 2011
- Summary:
- Provides background on and discusses the evolution of FCC regulations prohibiting TV and radio broadcasts of indecent material during certain hours. Outlines recent events focusing attention on FCC indecency regulations, analyzes current regulations, reviews various FCC actions regarding indecency, covers recent Supreme Court and Appeals Courts decisions, and summarizes related Congressional activity. Examines whether prohibiting the broadcast of indecent words in any context would violate the First Amendment
- Notes:
- CRS Report
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC
- Vendor supplied data
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Regulation of Broadcast Indecency
- Publisher Number:
- CRS-2012-AML-0124
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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