decency standards
Moral behavior guidelines
Decency standards are guidelines governing what content is considered acceptable for public broadcast or display, particularly regarding nudity, sexual content, profanity, and violence.
In the United States, the FCC enforces decency standards for radio and television, restricting explicit material to late-night hours.
The phrase often appears in debates about censorship and free expression: The film was edited to meet broadcast decency standards.
- moral codesStandards of right conduct
- moral fiberEthical strength of character
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- good tasteSense of quality
- politenessCourteous, respectful conduct
age-appropriate · content warning · parental guidance · censorship · clean language · professionalism · respect · modesty · workplace ethics · public interest · watershed · family-friendly · safe for work · decorum · public decorum · dress code · media ethics · courtesy
- censorshipbanned books, censored, banned, book banning, book bans
- media regulationcensorship, content moderation, press censorship, film censorship, art censorship
- media rulescensorship laws, content moderation, rating systems, community guidelines, TV ratings
- Speech Limitsdefamation, libel, slander, obscenity, incitement
- broadcast regulationbroadcast license, FCC, bleep, bleeping, broadcasting licenses
- broadcastingbroadcasting, TV, radio, television, news
decency standardsindecency
Offensive or vulgar behavior
obscenity · licentiousness · vulgarity · depravity · shamelessness
decency standardslibertinism
Unrestrained indulgence in pleasure
hedonism · sexual liberation · bohemianism · debauchery · dissolution