Fox challenging FCC in court

This is something interesting that can only happen in the US. Fox is challenging the FCC for their decency rulings. The problem here is that FCC does not allow indecent content, but does not say what is indecent. Hence, broadcasters have to resort to self-regulation/censorship. The point is that the broadcasters operate in a state of unknown.

Fox is confused because the FCC does not issue clear standards about what is and is not acceptable on TV and radio. The agency believes that doing so would amount to censorship, so they only sanction broadcasters once a show has aired. The obvious problem here is that broadcasters never know in advance if a show will be found indecent; the end result is self-censorship by networks trying to avoid the FCC's wrath.

It will be interesting to see how this pans out. Really interesting read on Ars Technica if you're interested in broadcasting content regulations in the US.