Orders Resolving Numerous Broadcast Television Indecency Complaints, US Federal Communications Commission, March 15, 2006. Read the full text of FCC 06-17 on Complaints Regarding Various Television Broadcasts Between February 2, 2002 and March 8, 2005; FCC 06-18 on Complaints Against Various Television Licensees Concerning their December 31, 2004 Broadcast of the Program "Without A Trace"; [...]

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Documents on FBI monitoring of anti-war activities by the Pittsburgh-based Thomas Merton Center for Peace & Justice, released by the ACLU pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request, March 14, 2006. Read the documents as listed on an ACLU press release. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Denmark's Director of Public Prosecutions Henning Fode has decided not to press criminal charges against Jyllands-Posten , the Danish newspaper that first published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad which last month set off worldwide protests amongst Muslims leading to multiple deaths, the burning of Danish embassy buildings, and boycotts of Danish goods. The top prosecutor [...]

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The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday proposed a record $3.6 million fine against CBS, its stations and affiliates for violating decency standards by airing a graphic sex scene in the program "Without a Trace." The recommendation comes as the FCC resolved over 300,000 complaints about close to 50 television programs on multiple networks aired between [...]

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