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The FCC — A Bleep Too Far
In Censorship News #103, NCAC considers the latest expansion of FCC authority to police broadcast "decency." Collected below are references and commentary on the FCC and free speech on the airwaves.
» Click here to download the Amicus Brief in which NCAC participated, filed in Fox v. FCC this fall by Marjorie Heins of the Free Expression Policy Project of the Brennan Center for Justice.
» Read other Amicus briefs in the case from the Center for Democracy and Technology.
Archive:
Below are past articles and statements NCAC has issued on FCC indecency regulations:
» Indecency Legislation Would Raise Fines, Fears
» The Uses of Indecency
» Groups Condemn Congressional Efforts to Expand FCC Decency Rules
» "Decency" on the Airwaves
» The Strange Case of Sarah Jones
Commentary
» "F-Bombs Away" from NY Daily News
» "The Shocking Truth" from BuzzMachine.com