V-Chip and TV Ratings: Helping Parents Supervise Their Children's Television Viewing
Description:
To assist parents in supervising the television viewing habits of their children,
Congress included a provision in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-104)
that television sets with screens 13 inches or larger sold in the United States be equipped
with a "V-chip" to screen out objectionable programming. A V-chip is a computer chip
that can detect program rating information that is transmitted with the television signal
(broadcast or cable) and block the display of programs designated a…
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Date:
April 14, 1998
Creator:
Smith, Marcia S.
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