…an important matter of public concern, namely health benefits for 9/11 responders? As recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stevens observed in FCC v. Pacifica, “A requirement that indecent language be…
…clip of three people going at it in the bathroom. NBC is breaking the law with this show—they’re not meeting FCC standards… With NBC in fourth place among broadcast networks,…
…here: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html. Follow up with them! Organize a small community effort. Increase the pressure to install filters in your local library. Ask your friends, family, neighbors, teachers, etc. to join…
…encouraged, to ban porn from computers. The Federal Communications Commission, which oversees CIPA, provides a great explanation of the law: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html. Libraries that accept federal funding, as the New York…
…children AND adults in FCC v. Pacifica Foundation.[6] The Court held that “[t]he ease with which children may obtain access to broadcast material, coupled with the concerns recognized in Ginsberg,…
…communications technology more affordable for eligible schools and libraries. In early 2001, the FCC issued rules implementing CIPA. What CIPA Requires Schools and libraries subject to CIPA may not receive…
…answer to the FCC or advertisers. In other words, it’s because cable premium channels can be more ‘transgressive.’ “I don’t doubt for a moment that there is an audience for…
…what will the FCC have to say about a young man purposefully grabbing a female’s breast, while singing ‘Got to have you naked by the end of this song’? Is…
…beginning of a home party striptease performance. In the 1978 FCC v. Pacifica case, the Supreme Court upheld the federal broadcast indecency law, at one point comparing broadcast indecency to…
…CIPA, provides a great explanation of the law: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html. Libraries that accept federal funding, as the New York City libraries do, must have blocking or filtering measures in place. The…
…oversees CIPA, provides a great explanation of the law: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html. Libraries that accept federal funding, as the New York City libraries do, must have blocking or filtering measures in place….
…to vigorously enforce the federal indecency law, 18 U.S.C. § 1464, designed to protect children from damaging sexual content on television and appoint FCC commissioners committed to fulfilling this mission….
