What is V-chip?
The '''V-chip''' is a [[technology]]. It is used in [[television set]] receivers in the [[United States]], [[Canada]] and [[Brazil]]. It allows blocking of certain [[television program]]s or [[movie]]s based under their category. Televisions [[manufacturing|manufactured]] since January 2000 are required to have the V-chip technology.<ref>{{cite document|title=Installing V-chip in all Televisions Made after January 2000|publisher=FCC|url=https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/News_Releases/1999/nrmc9040.html|access-date=Sep 5, 2020}}</ref> The V-chip is for content reasons, like sex, [[profanity]] and [[violence]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{multistub|tv|tech}} [[Category:Television technology]]