FCC Appeals TV Indecency Ruling

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The question of how far government bureaucrats should go to protect American families from profane television content has inched closer to the U.S. Supreme Court, where experts predict the issue eventually will be resolved.

On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission appealed a court ruling last month that struck down existing indecency policy on grounds that it was unconstitutional.

That ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York has left the industry without federal guidelines as to what is and isn’t acceptable content.

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