The Federal Communications Commission approved a plan today requiring broadcasters to adopt technology allowing blind people to follow the action on television by listening to a narrator describe what is happening. Networks Are Still Struggling With Diversity, Study Says. Media Frenzy Consumes Americans' Leisure Time . Many Parents Fail to Use V-Chip System. New studies echo previous findings that the V-chip ratings and a rule requiring TV stations to air educational or informational programming aren't living up to their potential to guide children's TV viewing.
Appeals court upholds injunction against cybersmut law.
A federal law aimed at protecting children from online pornography will probably be ruled unconstitutional, an appeals court said in upholding an injunction against the measure. A long, long way to go. Children, especially teens, are more likely to encounter sexual conversations and materials on the Internet than parents may realize. Television networks are still a week away from announcing their new fall shows, but the first volley blasting them for an apparent lack of diversity in the new series has already been fired. The digital divide may be narrowing between haves and have-nots in terms of access, but experts say the gap in content is enormous.