Broadcasting, the FCC, Indeceny and the First Amendment: Scrutiny and Debate

ISBN: 9781621007753 出版年：2012 页码：93 Jacob Jefferson Jennifer S McGovern Nova Science

Federal law makes it a crime to utter "any obscene, indecent, or profane language by means of radio communication." Violators of this statute are subject to fines and imprisonment of up to two years, and the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) may enforce this provision by forfeiture or revocation of a broadcaster's license. Various federal officials have spoken in favor of extending the FCC's indecency restriction, which currently applies to broadcast television and radio, to cable and satellite television. This book examines whether such an extension would violate the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech.