Topics: Laws and Proposed Laws, 1900-1950

• Communications Act of 1934 (1934)

  The Communications Act of 1934 set out a framework for regulating television and radio. It established the Federal Communications Commission and required...

• Criminal Syndicalism Laws
• Equal-Time Rule

  The federal equal-time rule requires broadcasters to treat a candidate for the same political office identically to every other candidate for that office, in...

• Espionage Act of 1917 (1917)

  The Espionage Act of 1917 was passed during World War I. It strictly limited the gathering and release of information that might damage or work against the war...

• Fairness Doctrine

  A policy of the Federal Communications Commission, the fairness doctrine attempted to ensure that broadcast stations’ coverage of controversial issues was...

• McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950 (1950)

  The McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950 required organizations determined by the government to be communist to register with the Justice Department and...

• Sedition Act of 1918 (1918)
• Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 (1950)
• Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 (1947)
• Tillman Act of 1907 (1907)
• Wireless Ship Act of 1910 (1910)