FCC to Back Away From a Majority of Its Indecency Complaints

The Federal Communications Commission is scaling back -- in a major way --its enforcement of indecency complaints. Chairman Julius Genachowski has ordered agency staffers to refocus enforcement efforts to target only the most explicit of the more than 1.5 million pending complaints. The decision was in response to the Department of Justice’s dropping Friday of a lawsuit complaining of indecency in a 2003 Fox broadcast of its reality show “Married by America,” which included scenes featuring suggested -- but pixilated -- nudity.