CEA opposes a bill that would order the FCC to study parental-con...
CEA opposes a bill that would order the FCC to study parental-control blocking technologies, because there’s already “an abundance of parental controls available today should parents choose to use them,” a spokesman said. S- 602, introduced by Sen. Mark…
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Pryor, D-Ark., was unanimously approved Thursday in a Senate Commerce Committee markup (CD Aug 3 p1). It would ask the FCC to “consider advanced blocking technologies” to be applied to a wide variety of platforms including wired, wireless and Internet. The blocking technologies could be used for TVs, DVD players, VCRs, cable set-top boxes, satellite receivers and wireless devices, the bill says. “Though the Commerce Committee directs the FCC to conduct an inquiry, we do not believe that there is any need for regulation in this area,” the CEA spokesman said.