Practice question
A regulator threatens a broadcaster's license if it airs disputed political recordings. It identifies no demonstrated clear and present danger and relies only on its general power to allocate frequencies. The station challenges this content-based advance restraint. Which answer best follows Chavez?
- Frequency allocation automatically validates the threat
- Broadcast licensing does not itself justify content-based suppression; constitutional scrutiny remains necessary
- Every program requires the regulator's political approval
- The station has no speech protection because it uses public airwaves
- Only print media may challenge advance restraints
Legal references
- Chavez v. Gonzales, G.R. No. 168338, February 15, 2008, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/feb2008/gr_168338_2008.html
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