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I think my search skills suck, since I couldn't find anything specific to curse words in the US, other than the "Seven Dirty Words" from George Carlin[0,1]. From what I understand, the FCC does not have an official list of words[2], even on their official website[3] (which seems to lack a fact sheet), but does seem to follow what Carlin said. That leads me to believe that the words I wrote are offensive on a cultural basis. The B word is notably absent from all these lists, which I do find strange as a Brit, since calling someone a B is far more targetted[4, see Table1] at women than calling someone a cunt or a twat (which can be used equally and even colloquially).
In German media, swearing is virtually completely allowed, though I can only find secondary sources. Hell even in our "congress", swearing happens quite freely[5].
0: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_dirty_words
1: https://uslawdictionary.com/seven-dirty-words/
2: https://help.prx.org/hc/en-us/articles/360044988133-A-guide-to-broadcast-obscenities-and-issuing-content-advisories
3: https://www.fcc.gov/enforcement/areas/broadcast-obscenity-indecency-profanity
4: https://www.york.ac.uk/language/ypl/ypl2/18/YPL2-18-02-Sinar.pdf, Table 1
5: https://www.vice.com/de/article/von-arschloch-bis-hurensohn-die-haufigsten-beleidigungen-im-bundestag/