The Television Branch of the Video Services Division licenses and regulates both commercial and noncommercial broadcast UHF and VHF television stations. Licensing and regulation of these facilities is prescribed by the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, which sets up certain basic requirements.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is the first major overhaul of telecommunications law in almost 62 years. The goal of this new law is to let anyone enter any communications business — to let any communications business compete in any market against any other.

What did the Telecommunications Act of 1996 accomplish? It allowed for cross-ownership of media outlets by media conglomerates.

The V-chip allows parents or other caregivers to block programming on their TVs that they don’t want children to watch. Most programs are assigned a rating based on parental guidelines established by the TV industry.

V-chip technology works much like closed captioning and uses the vertical blanking interval in the television signal. The phrase “V-chip” was purportedly coined by then-Representative Ed Markey of Massachusetts. According to him the “V” stands for “violence”.

TV-Y. This program is aimed at a very young audience, including children from ages 2–6. Programs rated TV-Y are designed to be appropriate for children of all ages. The thematic elements portrayed in programs with this rating are specifically designed for a very young audience.

TV-MA is a more severe rating than R. TV-MA is the equivalent of NC-17 in the US. Rated R generally means some swearing, violence and minor sexual references. MA on the other hand could mean all of the above plus some very disturbing scenes and images.

Rated G: General audiences – All ages admitted. Rated PG: Parental guidance suggested – Some material may not be suitable for children. Rated PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned – Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Rated R: Restricted – Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

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The more mature themes in some PG-rated stories may call for parental guidance. There may be some mild profanity and some descriptions of violence. There might be character death. Sexual activity should be mild (such as kissing or embracing).

The restrictions set by the US ratings board mean the F-word can only be used once in a PG-13 movie.

PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned – Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. These films may contain sex references, up to four uses of explicit language, drug innuendo, strong crude/suggestive humor, mature themes, moderately long horror moments and/or moderate action violence.

Some mild to moderate coarse language is allowed in PG and PG13 films; the word ‘fuck’ is also allowed infrequently at the PG13 category.

According to an MPAA spokesman, the organization does not have a specific rule on the use of the N-word; instead its usage is considered within the context of each film that the MPAA Ratings Board reviews.

For some reason Mr. Robot can say ‘c*nty’ and ‘c**ksucker’, even in the TV-14 version. F-bombs are still muted.

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Challenging immigration drama has violence, nudity.

The six-episode series Stateless is inspired by true stories from Australian immigration detention centers and represents the real-life struggles of the more than 70 million displaced people globally who are currently seeking sanctuary from war and persecution, half of which are children.

Stateless has great performances and good intentions, but its harrowing real-life tale is undermined by its underdeveloped characterization of the refugee experience.

Some people are born stateless, but others become stateless. Statelessness can occur for several reasons, including discrimination against particular ethnic or religious groups, or on the basis of gender; the emergence of new States and transfers of territory between existing States; and gaps in nationality laws.

Key efforts to prevent and reduce statelessness include:

1. Creating awareness of statelessness and identifying stateless populations.
2. Universal birth registration and other forms of civil documentation.
3. Increasing access to naturalization or citizenship by: Eliminating discrimination in nationality laws; and.

Home Secretary Theresa May has said that the UK will not remove citizenship from IS fighters born in the UK as “it is illegal for any country to make its citizens stateless”. The law says that the Home Secretary should have a “reasonable belief” that those being stripped of their nationality will not become stateless.

In international law, a stateless person is someone who is “not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law”. Some stateless people are also refugees. However, not all refugees are stateless, and many people who are stateless have never crossed an international border.

Typically, they are excluded from political processes, cannot travel freely and lack access to publicly funded services such as education, health care and welfare support. They often face difficulty getting identity documents and employment. They may be detained due to their lack of status.

Statelessness may result from a variety of causes, including conflict of laws, the transfer of territory, marriage laws, administrative practices, discrimination, lack of birth registration, denationalization (when a State rescinds an individual’s nationality), and renunciation (when an individual refuses the …

Although many countries require citizenship of another nation before allowing renunciation, the United States does not, and an individual may legally renounce US citizenship and become stateless.

You will no longer be an American citizen if you voluntarily give up (renounce) your U.S. citizenship. You might lose your U.S. citizenship in specific cases, including if you: Apply for citizenship in a foreign country with the intention of giving up U.S. citizenship. Commit an act of treason against the United States.