On December 14, 2017 the FCC voted to repeal the Obama era net neutrality rules which stifled the internet. As now FCC chairman Ajit Pai noted back in 2015 in voicing his opposition to the rules changes, ““This is not only a radical departure from the bipartisan, market-oriented policies that have served us so well for the last two decades.” He further noted the FCC was flip-flopping on rules they had just put in places months earlier simply because President Obama wanted net neutrality enacted.
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AFA of PA encourages Christians, through education, to become involved in pro-family issues in their community, state and the nation. This is some of what has been going on in the Commonwealth and the nation.
Action Alert: Have You Contacted the FCC Yet?
Remember the end of April is the deadline for you to leave comments on the proposed changes to the FCC rules on broadcast television and radio obscenity. They propose to allow expletives and “brief non-sexual displays of nudity” during family hour — 6:00 p.m. till 10:00 p.m. The FCC wants to focus on penalizing only “egregious” cases not what they consider “minor” transgressions.
Action Alert: FCC Wants Your Input
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants your input on how it should handle expletives and “brief non-sexual displays of nudity”. Remember the FCC only has say over the content of broadcast TV and radio stations. Currently FCC rules state it is a violation to air obscene programming “at any time” and to air indecent programming or profane language “during certain hours.” They claim to have recently cleared 70 percent of its backlog of complaints — translation they dismissed the concerns of about a million Americans without investigating the complaint!
Action Alert: TV to Get More Trashy and Hearings on Repeal of DADT
1.) If Obama Administration does not appeal three-judge panel of Second Circuit Court decision on broadcast indecency, the airwaves will be filled with nudity and profanity at any hour of the day (2.) House Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on Friday, April 1st — these questions must be asked.
News Release: FCC Appeals Court Decision
The FCC has decided to appeal a July 13th Second US Circuit Court of Appeals decision which said FCC indecency policies violated the First Amendment.