Word: fcc
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...More disturbingly, Lieberman has advocated what amounts to government intervention against programming he finds offensive, arguing that the FCC should consider TV stations' content when renewing their licenses and suggesting that the courts hold entertainers liable for "dangerous" content, as they might cigarette or gun manufacturers...
...violating FCC shriek regulations b) obscenity c) playing too much Foghat d) the benefit of the listener...
...There's no convincing evidence yet it's doing much of anything, but still the Cellular Telephone Industry Association is requiring manufacturers to disclose how much of a cell phone's radiation may be absorbed by the body. The measurement, called the specific absorption rate, is regulated by the FCC. But whether a lower reading translates into a safer phone is anyone's guess...
...congressional GOP is standing fast behind the broadcast companies (and their lobbyists), defending their position with the claim that the smaller stations' signals could interfere with existing channels. The nascent broadcasters and the FCC, which proposed the move in part to open the airwaves to more voices, hit back that the radio companies' concerns have more to do with worries about audience (and advertising) share than any technical issues. And while some conservative Republicans have expressed remorse that their position will undercut grassroots religious programming, the message in their perfunctory hand-wringing is abundantly clear: In this case, at least...
...interactive bodysuit last September but missed its deadline. Sure, it had a $200,000 black neoprene suit with 36 electrodes stuck to the chest, crotch and other special places, but the suit didn't look very appetizing. Nor did it do anything. Vivid says it's waiting for fcc approval (interaction with pacemakers seems to be a concern), but the real reason it is lying low on the sex suit is that Vivid is a proud company, and it's not going to continue trumpeting a technology that is at best a long way from happening...