Media Violence | Chapter 2 Preface

The power of the American government to regulate media violence is constrained by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which states that “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Laws restricting media violence have been successfully challenged in court. For example, a federal district court in 1992 ruled in the case of Video Software Dealers Association v.Webster that a Missouri statute banning the distribution of violent videos to minors was unconstitutional.

Television has been granted less First Amendment...

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