Editing Pixelization (section)

==International legal standards==
[[Nudity]] is obscured on [[Broadcast network|broadcast]] [[television station]]s in the United States. The [[Federal Communications Commission]] states it is a violation of federal law to air obscene, indecent, and profane programming at any time, especially during certain hours. Monetary penalties and revocation of licenses are issued for law breakers.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-11-18|title=Obscenity, Indecency and Profanity|url=https://www.fcc.gov/general/obscenity-indecency-and-profanity|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Federal Communications Commission|language=en}}</ref> [[Pornography in Japan|Japanese pornography]] laws require that genitals in films (including animated works) and other forms of adult media (such as [[eroge]], drawings, etc) be obscured. Article 175 of Penal Code (Act No.45 of 1907) still in effect today in Japan forbids any person and imprisons anyone who distributes, sells or displays in public an obscene document, drawing or other objects of such nature.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PENAL CODE (Act No.45 of 1907)|url=http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/data/PC.pdf|quote=Article 175}}</ref> [[censorship in Thailand|In Thailand]], restrictions are placed on television broadcast depiction of cigarettes being smoked,<ref>2Bangkok.com: [http://www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/Simpsons/SimpsonsSmoking.shtml "Smoking on Thai TV"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725160027/http://www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/Simpsons/SimpsonsSmoking.shtml |date=2010-07-25 }} Retrieved February 15, 2007</ref> alcohol being consumed, or guns being pointed at people. Pixelization is one method of censoring this content.