DC Circuit Denies Foreign-Sponsored Content Stay Request
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declined to stay the FCC’s foreign-sponsored content rules, said a brief order Friday in docket 21-1171. “Petitioners have not satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending court review,” said the…
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order. The stay had been requested by NAB, the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters and the Multimedia, Telecom and Internet Council, which argued the rules are burdensome (see 2202140044). Despite the stay’s denial, broadcasters won’t need to begin making foreign content disclosures, because the rules haven’t taken effect. “The order is still undergoing the PRA [Paperwork Reduction Act] process in OMB,” said an FCC spokesperson. “Therefore, broadcasters are not yet required to provide the disclosures.”