Constitutionality of Applying the FCC's Indecency Restriction to Cable Television

[摘要] Various federal officials have spoken in favor of extending the Federal Communication Commission’s indecency restriction, which currently applies to broadcast television and radio, to cable and satellite television. This report examines whether such an extension would violate the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech.

[发布日期] 2005-12-01 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Telecommunication;Supreme Court decisions;Freedom of speech;Television broadcasting - Government regulation;Law