Deck 10: The Internet and Social Media

Question 1

In cases of (alleged) defamatory content on the Internet, the degree of liability of Internet service providers depends on the degree to which the ISP exercises editorial control over comments made.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Based on a federal court ruling, commercial interests have a First Amendment right to use Internet service providers to recruit their subscribers as potential customers.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

According to court rulings, "terms of service" agreements between Internet service providers and their customers are seldom enforced because they often violate the First Amendment.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Congress has made three attempts to regulate sexual content on the Internet, but two of those measures have been found by the courts to be unconstitutional and unenforceable. Which of the following is the only one the courts have upheld as constitutional and enforceable?

A) Communications Decency Act, part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
B) Child Online Protection Act of 1998, designed to punish website operators for making sexually explicit material available to minors
C) Children's Internet Protection Act, designed to require public libraries to install software to block objectionable material

Question 5

Identify the organization that has been the strongest opponent of government attempts to regulate the Internet and has sued the federal government on numerous occasions to block enforcement of those laws.

A) Society of Professional Journalists
B) American Civil Liberties Union
C) Public Relations Society of America
D) American Association of University Professors
E) Internet Free Speech Society

Question 6

"Spoofing" and "phishing" are terms used in connect with what crime?

A) copyright infringement on the Internet
B) dissemination of obscene materials via the Internet
C) identity theft
D) defaming individuals in electronic mail messages

Question 7

Proposed laws designed to provide equal access to Internet content and prevent Internet service providers from offering content providers "fast lanes" and "slow lanes" use what term to describe their objective?

A) cyberspace fairness
B) Internet equality
C) net neutrality
D) online protocol enforcement
E) electronic access rule

Question 8

A website called "Stormfront" earned a place in cyberspace history based on what notoriety?

A) it was believed to be the first website based on weather forecasting
B) it was believed to be the first website based on opposition to same-sex marriage
C) it was believed to be the first website based on hate
D) it was believed to be the first website sponsored by political parties and candidates
E) it was believed to be the first website to sell products by auction

Question 9

The Limited Liability Rule provides for which of the following?

A) immunity for Internet auction sites when they host online auctions for products that turn out to be defective
B) immunity for Internet service providers for copyright violations committed by users
C) immunity for Internet service providers for libelous content posted by users
D) immunity for Internet service providers for hosting websites created by political candidates and parties when those sites include false information
E) all of the above

Question 10

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides for which of the following?

A) immunity for Internet auction sites when they host online auctions for products that turn out to be defective
B) immunity for Internet service providers for copyright violations committed by users
C) immunity for Internet service providers for libelous content posted by users
D) immunity for Internet service providers for hosting websites created by political candidates and parties when those sites include false information
E) all of the above