Chapter 4

Question 1

Under current law (47 U.S. Code 230), social media companies are not considered the publisher or the speaker of any content of another content provider and are not held liable for the actions of others to restrict certain types of information, even if the information is protected by the First Amendment.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

President Trump and some of his supporters want to curtail legal protections that shield social media companies from liability, partly because they believe those companies are silencing __________ voices.

Answer 2

Conservative

Question 3

U.S. Code Section 230 also covers the comment sections of news organizations.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act does not apply to sites that promote __________________.

Answer 4

sex trafficking and prostitution

Question 5

The Department of Justice proposed changes to Section 230 would limit internet platforms’ ability to remove content just because platform administrators decide the content is objectionable

Answer 5

True

Question 6

A private investigator who uses another person’s identity to collect information from someone can be considered guilty of _________________.

Answer 6

Appropriation

Question 7

Truth is a defense is public disclosure of private information cases.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Publicly disclosing information about a person that is misleading but technically true is _________.

Answer 8

False Light

Question 9

A news organization that releases information about a politician’s health can be prosecuted under the public disclosure of private information tort.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

A worker who secretly records a conversation between two coworkers in the office restroom might be guilty of ________________.

Answer 10

intrusion into or upon seclusion

Question 11

Satire and other creative works generally cannot be charged with violating the appropriation privacy tort

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Professional journalists always are allowed to intrude on a person’s privacy to get a story.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

The federal Freedom of Information Act allows access to information from the executive branch of government, EXCEPT for ________________.

Answer 13

National Security

Question 14

The First Amendment always allows professional journalists to protect sources.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Savannah State University is subject to the Georgia Open Meetings Act and to the Open Records Act.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

A law designed to protect a journalist from revealing sources and/or giving notes or materials to law enforcement or the courts is known as a _____________.

Answer 16

Shield Law

Question 17

Shield laws vary from state to state, and some states do not have a shield law.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Georgia’s shield law was put in place by _______________.

Answer 18

State Statute

Question 19

The US has a right-to-be-forgotten law in place.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Google only has to block websites of those who request privacy within the European Union.

Answer 20

True