Watch This Be The One Piece Of Legislation That Isn't Obstructed In The Senate
Published by BG on Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 6:51 AM.News From The Swamp: Bill To Outlaw "Fleeting" Swear Words Passes Senate Committee - Consumerist
Ars Technica says that a bill to give the FCC power over even"fleeting" swear words has passed a Senate committee and now moves on to the full Senate.
What's a "fleeting" swear word? Well, say Bono says, "Hey this is f*cking great!" on live TV, or a girl wears a shirt that says, "F*ck" a certain sports team and they show her on TV. A recent court decision said that the network could not be fined if they let it slip by accidentally.
Now this new bill is aimed at closing this "loophole."
The bill, called the "Protecting Children From Indecent Programming Act," seeks to assert that even "a single word or image may be considered indecent."
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