You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Appeals Court Strikes Down FCC Indecency Rules

HeadlineJul 14, 2010

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.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top