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The Content Code Act, is an Act passed by the United States Congress.

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In 2018, Roger Ailes, president of Newspaper Corporation of America, parent of New Frontiersman, filed a lawsuit against Veidt Enterprises and Trieu Industries claiming a “systematic campaign of harassment, intimidation, and sabotage” against him and his employees for publishing reports that the Central Intelligence Agency had killed Adrian Veidt for secrets he possessed regarding the Dimensional Incursion Event. The lawsuit was dismissed and the federal government subsequently ordered NCA to either publish an apology to Veidt or pay a $100,000 for violating the Content Code Act. They chose to pay the fine.[1]

in 2019, J.T March III's TV show American Hero Story may have been in violation of the act.[2]

Trivia[]

  • The Content Code Act has the same first letters as the Comics Code Authority, an industry self-regulated censorship board formed in 1954 by the Comics Magazine Association of America in response to the anti-comics moral panic of the mid-1950s and the threat of government controlled censorship. It affectively controlled the content of most mainstream comic book titles in the United States throughout the rest of the 20th century, but gradually becoming increasingly irrelevant and less influential over the industry with each passing decade. By the early 21 century, most of the publishers that had originally complied with Code (such as Marvel and DC Comics) had abandon it in favor of their own ratings systems, with the Code becoming officially defunct when its last participant, Archie Comics, had discontinued it in January 2011[3].
  • The Act might also be related to the Red Code Index.
  • It is unknown when the Act was passed, but probably during the Redford Administration, to most likely aid in the 11/2 coverup.
  • The Content Code Act might contain regulations about the portrayal of sensitive topics related to government actions, national security, conspiracy theories, and historical events. In this case, it seems to restrict the depiction of theories questioning official accounts of significant events like the Dimensional Incursion Event. The Act likely imposes limitations on how such events can be represented in media, especially when they involve controversial topics or challenge established narratives, in order to prevent the spread of misinformation or conspiracy theories. Additionally, the Act might include clauses related to avoiding defamation, protecting national security secrets, and preventing the dissemination of content that could incite public unrest or fear. These regulations could have been cited in the context of the lawsuit against the New Frontiersman and its connection to American Hero Story, suggesting that the government has stringent regulations to control the dissemination of certain information and narratives in the media.

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