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Supreme Court Strikes Down FCC's Profanity Policy

Broadcasters won't have to pay fines, sanctions

By the Associated Press

Posted Jun 21, 2012 10:14 AM CDT

(AP) – The US Supreme Court has thrown out fines and sanctions against broadcasters who violated the FCC policy regulating curse words and nudity on broadcast television. The justices declined today to issue a broad ruling on the constitutionality of the FCC indecency policy. Instead, the court...   Read full story »

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FCC • indecency • US Supreme Court • Federal Communications Commission

 
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