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V-chip is a technology used in television set receivers in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and the United States, that allows the blocking of programs based on their ratings category. It is intended for use b
U.S. President Bill Clinton holding a printed circuit board containing a prototype V-chip module in 1996
Bill Clinton
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William Jefferson Clinton is an American former politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as
V-chip
…in Brussels in 1995. One of the driving forces of the development of the V-chip was the signing of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by President Bill Clinton. The television industry was given the opportunity to establish ratings for its programming. The act also ordered that half of all television sets at…
Official portrait, 1993
Clinton's birthplace home in Hope, Arkansas
Clinton in Hot Springs High School's 1963 yearbook
Clinton ran for president of the Student Council while attending the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.