In media news, a federal appeals court has struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s rules on the use of vulgar words over the airwaves. The nation’s four main television networks have sought to block the FCC’s expanded enforcement of the indecency law on so-called “fleeting expletives.” On Tuesday, the three-judge panel of the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals called the policy “unconstitutionally vague” and arbitrary.
Appeals Court Strikes Down FCC Indecency Rules
HeadlineJul 14, 2010