Following an e-mail campaign which saw 186,000 e-mails from AFA members sent to each of the commissioners — nearly 800,000 total e-mail — the Federal Communications Commission contacted the American Family Association and asked them to come in and talk about the issue concerning them, mobile pornography. It’s unclear what they talked about, but I’m sure a polite request was made to ask the members to stop sending in e-mail…Randy Sharp, AFA’s director of special projects, said he is encouraged by CTIA’s efforts, but worries that 10 years from now the marketing incentive for carriers may mean a loosening of any rating system. “TV cannot regulate itself. It has only gotten nastier. Industry self regulation is half hearted,” said Sharp. “What can the FCC do under its authority?”
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