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This is not a "company", it's a government body (the FCC) using a contractor (Neustar) to fulfill one of their obligations (.us TLD). Neustar must operate "cons
by jlrubin 9y ago
This is not a "company", it's a government body (the FCC) using a contractor (Neustar) to fulfill one of their obligations (.us TLD). Neustar must operate "constitutionally", otherwise the FCC may not use them.
While it is indeed the "Fuck" that got my domain flagged, the review system should have caught this as obviously protected speech.
You also don't quite understand obscenity, there's no way the Miller test passes for Fuck Nazis. "Fighting Words" is an entirely different concept, and it is highly unlikely that "Fuck Nazis" fails those tests either for a multitude of reasons.
- digikata 9y agoAlthough it in a different area of the law, one wonders if the recent trademark ruling might make it's way to FCC rules here. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/06/supreme-court-rules-offensive-trademarks-must-be-allowed/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/06/supreme-court-ru...