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V-Chip
built 655 days ago
Today, cable rates have skyrocketed, there is less competition in most markets, and the V-Chip is largely regarded as a joke. V-Chips do work for those programmers that comply responsibly; but just as with film ratings, programmers often stretch the point. NBC and BET announced early on that they simply woudn't participate in the ratings system. Many parents are still not aware that programs on NBC do not carry the encoding to trigger the V-Chip.
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