Court Smacks Down FCC Over Indecency Rules

A federal US court has ruled that the FCC’s new rules on indecency were “arbitrary and capricious.” “The 2-1 decision by a panel of judges from the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York found that the FCC’s decisions last year that isolated uses of expletives had violated broadcast indecency standards ‘represents a significant departure’ from previous commission rulings.”