47 U.S.C. § 326 — Censorship

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This law says the FCC cannot censor radio broadcasts. The Commission also cannot make rules that interfere with free speech over radio.

Nothing in this part of the law gives the Federal Communications Commission the power to censor radio communications or signals sent by any radio station. The Commission also cannot create a rule or condition that would interfere with the right to free speech over radio.

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Nothing in this chapter shall be understood or construed to give the Commission the power of censorship over the radio communications or signals transmitted by any radio station, and no regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the right of free speech by means of radio communication.

Source credit: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 326, 48 Stat. 1091; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1934Enacted · Act of June 19, 1934, ch. 652 · 48 Stat. 1091
1948Amended · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 862

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 652 on 1934-06-19.

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