Exam 8: Applying the First Amendment to Computer-Related Crime

Beginning with which case has the Supreme Court ruled that new media of communication must be scrutinized as they are developed and that varying media result in varying protections?

The Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 expanded the ________ Act to include the production and distribution of computer-generated or other mechanically altered images of minors engaging in explicit conduct.

The resolute silence of the ________ with regard to emerging advancements in technology has created a patchwork of constitutionality unintended by the framers of the Constitution.

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the Supreme Court's ruling that the broad-based nature of radio communication mandated a greater level of scrutiny when broadcasting programs that contained probable indecent speech?

In addition to the traditional provisions housed with the CPPA, the PROTECT Act also includes provisions originally housed within the ________ Act.

Prior to the 1950s, traditional notions of decency and obscenity were governed by an obscenity statute originally developed in 1868 in ________.

Which of the following statements holds true regarding Osborne v.Ohio?

The PROTECT Act retained the statutes of limitations for child abduction or child abuse.

The ________ Act of 2006 sought to reduce the flow of money to online gambling sites by regulating payment systems.

Which of the following was the ground for the court to invalidate the Communications Decency Act?

Discuss the existing legislations regarding Internet gambling and suggest remedies for the existing chaos at the international level.

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the Supreme Court's findings when it revisited the obscenity issue in 1973?

Which of the following did NOT uphold the constitutionality of the Child Pornography Prevention Act?

The Supreme Court in New York v.Ferber held that states are granted more leeway in the regulation of pornographic depictions of children than in the regulation of obscenity because the use of children as subjects of pornographic materials is harmful to the physiological, emotional, and mental health of the child.

Which of the following Acts replaced the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation Act of 1977, in an effort to tighten prohibitions of child pornography on the federal level?

The ________ Act was designed to overcome the constitutional challenges of overbreadth and vagueness that had been at issue in Ashcroft v.Free Speech Coalition.

Discuss the traditional notions of decency in the United States.

Which of the following is a principal reason for the difficulty in handling obscenity?

In FCC v.Pacifica Foundation, the Court ruled that the broad-based nature of radio communication mandated a greater level of scrutiny because it was more accessible to children.