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THE US Federal Communications Commission this weekend defended its decision to fine 20 CBS Corp television stations $550,000 (Euro460,000) for airing a brief breast flash by pop singer Janet Jackson. The agency rejected CBS's argument that her performance during the live 2004 Super Bowl halftime show did not violate decency standards that restrict nudity on broadcast television.
"The FCC reasonably concluded that, although brief, this display of nudity violated longstanding federal prohibitions on the broadcast of indecent material, " it said in a brief filed with the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Fellow pop singer Justin Timberlake ripped off part of Jackson's bustier exposing her breast for less than a second during the show. Despite the brevity, lawmakers and regulators were outraged and vowed a crackdown on broadcast indecency.
US broadcasters are barred from airing obscene material and are limited from broadcasting indecent materials between 6am and 10pm.
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