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FCC appeals circuit court ruling on television indecency policy
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 1:26pm MSD
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[JURIST] The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [official website] on Thursday appealed [text, PDF] a decision [JURIST report] by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that the agency's television indecency rule [text] is unconstitutionally vague in violation of the First Amendment. The July appellate court decision further held that the FCC's rule, which allowed broadcasters to be fined based on isolated expletives, chills protected speech, as broadcasters would err on the side of not airing controversial matter, rather than face the prospect of significant fines. The agency's appeal for rehearing and an en banc rehearing argues that the...