Read more indecency stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2570/indecency.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:55:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68799/sudan-woman-tried-for-pants-gets-fined-not-flogged.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Sudanese woman arrested in July for wearing pants has been fined around $200 but will not receive the 40 lashes once threatened, CNN reports. Lubna Hussein, an erstwhile UN worker who resigned in order to waive immunity and challenge her prosecution, says she will not pay the fine and...http://www.newser.com/story/68799/sudan-woman-tried-for-pants-gets-fined-not-flogged.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Sep 2009 9:51:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58033/bill-would-keep-ed-ads-off-tv-at-most-hours.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA bill proposed in the House would ban advertising for drugs to treat erectile dysfunction from airing in the daytime and prime time, the Hill reports. The “Families for ED Advertising Decency Act” would confine such “indecent” advertising to between 10pm and 6am. Under the bill, the makers of drugs...http://www.newser.com/story/58033/bill-would-keep-ed-ads-off-tv-at-most-hours.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 15:01:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58011/supreme-court-reopens-nipple-gate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court today ordered a federal appeals court to consider reinstating a fine against CBS for Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction, the AP reports. The appeals court had ruled that the glimpse of Jackson’s breast, which lasted nine-sixteenths of a second, should have been considered “fleeting,” and hence...http://www.newser.com/story/58011/supreme-court-reopens-nipple-gate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 10:04:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47991/bird-flipping-globes-could-cost-nbc-with-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe decency police are on NBC’s tail for Sunday’s obscenity-speckled Golden Globes. The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing the program after receiving 18 complaints, the Los Angeles Times reports. The most flagrant violation was probably when The Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky jokingly flipped off actor Mickey Rourke as he delivered...http://www.newser.com/story/47991/bird-flipping-globes-could-cost-nbc-with-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Jan 2009 10:34:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46192/apple-no-iboobs-for-iphone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagApple has ruined Christmas for geeks everywhere, denying them an intensely useful iPhone application called iBoobs. Apple rejected iBoobs from its app store, saying it contained “objectionable content.” The program allowed iPhone users to shake their phones to jiggle a virtual pair of breasts. Apple encouraged the developer to rework...http://www.newser.com/story/46192/apple-no-iboobs-for-iphone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Dec 2008 12:02:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40095/brits-sentenced-for-dubai-beach-sex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British couple has been slapped with a three-month sentence for a drunken roll in the sand on a Dubai beach, the Guardian reports. Prosecutors say the pair—an expatriate woman and a visiting businessman—were spotted having sex on the beach after meeting each other at a champagne brunch...http://www.newser.com/story/40095/brits-sentenced-for-dubai-beach-sex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Oct 2008 4:59:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32986/court-tosses-super-bowl-fine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal appeals court today threw out the FCC $550,000 fine against CBS for Janet Jackson’s infamous 2004 “wardrobe malfunction.” The decency watchdogs were found to have acted arbitrarily in changing their policy of not punishing fleeting nudity, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The court separately said the network couldn’t...http://www.newser.com/story/32986/court-tosses-super-bowl-fine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Jul 2008 13:27:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23516/justice-dept-sues-fox-over-raunchy-reality-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Justice Department has stepped in to force Fox to pay up $56,000 in indecency fines levied by the FCC but challenged by the broadcaster, Variety reports. Eight Fox-owned stations are being sued to collect fines for a 2003 episode of "Married by America" that featured men at a...http://www.newser.com/story/23516/justice-dept-sues-fox-over-raunchy-reality-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 05 Apr 2008 8:37:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22465/fox-thumbs-nose-at-91k-fcc-fine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThink strippers and whipped cream is indecent? Pshaw, says Fox, which wants the FCC to drop a $91,000 indecency fine for a 2003 episode of “Married by America” in which contestants at rowdy parties licked whipped cream off topless strippers. The network originally was fined $1.2 million, reports...http://www.newser.com/story/22465/fox-thumbs-nose-at-91k-fcc-fine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Mar 2008 11:00:00 CDT