### Question
How does WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION define material that is harmful to minors?


### Answer
Under *47 U.S.C. § 231*, **material that is harmful to minors** is defined as:

> any communication, picture, image, graphic image file, article, recording, writing, or other matter of any kind that is obscene or that—


(A) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find, taking the material as a whole and with respect to minors, is designed to appeal to, or is designed to pander to, the prurient interest

#### Citation:
  - *47 U.S.C. § 231*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 5-WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION > SUBCHAPTER II-COMMON CARRIERS > Part I-Common Carrier Regulation**

