Legal and Ethical Issues, Unit 2

Question 1

What is Libel?

Answer 1

The act of communicating false statements about someone, spread via print

Question 2

What is Slander?

Answer 2

The act of communicating false statements about someone, spread via speech

Question 3

What is the Intellectual Property Act?

Answer 3

You can prove you have ownership over an original work of media

Question 4

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988)

Answer 4

If you have created an original work of media, you can control how it is used by others

Question 5

Data Protection Act

Answer 5

Government-made guidelines on how collected personal information should be handled

Question 6

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Answer 6

An EU law on data protection for EU nations and the European Economic area, deals with the transfer of personal data outside these nations.

Question 7

Freedom of Information Act

Answer 7

People have the right to access information held by public sector organisations

Question 8

What is Incitement?

Answer 8

The use of language to encourage people to break the law

Question 9

How should incitement be avoided?

Answer 9

Be careful with your choices in language. Make sure to state that satirical media is satirical .

Question 10

What is defamation?

Answer 10

The act of communicating false statements about someone, which may damage their reputation.