The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed a fine of $146,976 against ESPN Thursday over the company’s alleged improper use of the emergency alert system (EAS). The FCC accused ESPN of violating the emergency alert system six times, starting Oct. 20, 2023. The agency said it received complaints of ESPN improperly using the tones or a simulation of the tones during a promotion last year. “Transmitting EAS Tones in the absence of an actual emergency is not a game,” FCC Enforcement Bureau Chief Loyaan A. Egal said in a news release. “These types of violations can raise substantial public safety concerns by causing confusion and in some cases interfering with legitimate emergency uses.

Source: Fox News October 18, 2024 01:52 UTC