The same censorship that made George Orwell's novel "1984" a classic can be seen currently in the Federal Communications Commission's ("FCC") campaign for censorship. The present day actions taken by the FCC to deny the right to freedom of expression should be deemed unconstitutional. The First Amendment in the United States Bill of Rights states that we have the freedom of expression without government interference. However, bills passed by the government, such as the Broadcast Decency …
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…thought police", also known as the FCC, are repressing our ability to express our true emotions by penalizing and reprimanding us with high fines. The FCC's main objective can be accomplished by using alternatives to censorship, such as the V-chip, without revoking our first amendment. In 1787, the citizens of the United States were given the unalienable right to freedom of speech. In 2004, that same freedom was taken away by the passing of the Decency Act.