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Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by TechBro8615 on Saturday April 08, 2023 @07:53PM (#35498787)
My comment wasn't attempting to justify use of illegal radio, and your comment was unnecessarily rude, but I'll ignore that (and I won't call you an authoritarian statist).

My comment was questioning the efficacy of FCC regulations against protecting from a "real" threat, i.e. same kind of argument as "gun free zones only stop good guys with a gun while not stopping bad guys with a gun."

If anything, I was asking if there should be more regulations to protect against threats that attempt to obfuscate their presence.

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Re:FCC Warns Portland Church to Shut Down Pirate FM Operatin... by Dalewyn on Saturday April 08, 2023 @08:04PM (#35498862)
The FCC is, admittedly, reactionary in general because of geographical reality; generally they receive a complaint and then they investigate in response.

Any incidents that go beyond just interference will likely involve other regulatory and law enforcement agencies anyway, so it's unlikely the FCC itself needs more powers for now.

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