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Cable companies can ban 'indecent' programming on access channels.

Cable companies can ban 'indecent' programming on access channels.

Source :
News Media & the Law. Summer, 1995, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p6-7.
Publication Year :
1995

Abstract

The US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found in Alliance for Community Media v. FCC that section 10 of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, which allows cable operators to refuse to air indecent public access programming, is constitutional. The Alliance argued that state action was present and that the restrictions violated the First Amendment. The Court found that government regulations allowing operators to censor public access programming were not the result of state action. The court found segregation and blocking to be an appropriate means of restricting children's access to such programming.

Details

ISSN :
01490737
Volume :
19
Issue :
3
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
News Media & the Law
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
edsgcl.17463329