While U.S. policy makers are concerned about the broadcasting of indecent material and adult content, Europeans are wrestling with a different kind of content issue—satellite-lelivered programming that incites racial and eligious hatred. Regulators' responses to both types of programming highlight enforcement ssues on both sides of the Atlantic. Europeans can hardly believe the Amercan reaction to Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction," as it revealed no more than a casual look at a body part many European broadcast channels typically transmit across continental Europe. French regulators are far more concerned that the necessary quota of French-produced proramming is carried on broadcast channels, regardless of whether the wardrobe is funcioning or not.
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