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3. BROADCAST LAWS AND THE CONTENT
OF INFORMATION
The following law was established by ANTEL, an autonomous body
that regulates communications within the country.
Art. 1: ?Telecommunications services that will be subject to
the technical control of the National Administration of Telecommunications
according to the current law and the enabling law of that institution,
are declared to be in the public interest.
?The National Administration of Telecommunications, designated
as ANTEL in the current law, will have exclusive control of the
electromagnetic spectrum in accordance with technical advances and
those treaties and international conventions ratified by El Salvador;
its use in the national territory will be regulated in compliance
with this law and the regulations that may be issued by the telecommunications
services.?
Art. 25: ?It is strictly forbidden:
c) To interfere fraudulently
in the transmissions of the telecommunications systems.
d) To transmit messages,
signals and any sort of propaganda which may, in any way, compromise
the security of the State or threaten the laws, public order, morals
or good customs; and
e) To refuse to broadcast
or communicate, without suitable reason, messages of national interest
in the cases of articles 4 and 15 of this law.?
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