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Supreme Court to Hear FCC Indecency Case

MachineShedFred writes "The Supreme Court of the United States has announced that it will be hearing the FCC's appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision that the FCC has changed its policy on fleeting expletives without adequate explanation. It's now on the FCC to explain to the Supreme Court why its policy has changed. This is also the first time the Supreme Court has heard a major 'broadcast indecency' case in 30 years."

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  1. Re:In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actually it doesn't... But, I do have a superior system in place - Administrative controls. My kids are allowed to watch what I tell them they're allowed to watch. They have no televisions in their rooms and they'll have to get significantly more tech-savvy if they want to defeat the logging on my DVR. There's nothing technologically stopping from watching anything coming in, but we'd certainly have a chat about it if it was something objectionable.

    Come on now. Are you seriously advocating responsible parenting as a viable option? What decade do you live in?

  2. Re:Where does it stop? by FiloEleven · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...littered by detritus, poop-language, banal references to sex, and other excreta. And remember kids, it's pronounced ba-NAHL!