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In the first ruling, known colloquially as Turner I, 512 U.S. 622 (1994), the Supreme Court held that cable television companies were First Amendment speakers who enjoyed free speech rights when determining what channels and content to carry on their networks, but demurred on whether the must-carry rules at issue were restrictions of those ...
In 2004, Disney and Viacom were respectively issued $1 million and $500,000 fines for violating the limits on advertising during children's programming on the cable channels ABC Family and Nickelodeon. The fines were levied by the Federal Trade Commission, not the FCC, as cable channels are outside of the FCC's purview. [34]
Telecommunications Act of 1996; Other short titles: Communications Decency Act of 1996: Long title: An Act to promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure lower prices and higher quality services for American telecommunications consumers and encourage the rapid development of new telecommunications technologies.
The $14.2 billion program was part of the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and has helped 23 million households in the U.S — including 1.7 million in Texas — save money on their internet bills.
The work-from-home, learn-from-home experience during the COVID-19 crisis underscored the need to improve access to high-speed internet in Texas.
She said kids can get online porn through gaming systems, tablets, phones and computers. “Content filtering for all those devices, I can say from personal experience, is difficult to keep up ...
Instead of having Congress determine the outcome of a stalemate, the two organizations tried to present a unified front. This was a strategic move meant to increase the likelihood that the bill would be passed in both the House and the Senate. The act began as bill S. 66 in the Senate where it was passed on June 14, 1983 and moved on to the House.
National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X Internet Services, 545 U.S. 967 (2005), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that decisions by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on how to regulate Internet service providers are eligible for Chevron deference, in which the judiciary defers to an administrative agency's expertise under its governing ...