Freedom of Speech essay questions 3.10 What policy for Internet access and use of filter software do you think is appropriate for elementary, schools? For high schools? Give your reasons. 3.15 Suppose you are writing an antispam law. What do you think is a reasonable definition of spam in this context? Indicate the number of messages and how the law would determine whether a message was unsolicited. 3.18 A website that publishes leaked documents posts the contents of the Yahoo email account of a candidate for president during the election campaign. (a) Describe some types of things that might be among the leaked documents that would be valuable to opponents of the candidate. (b) Describe some things that might be among the leaked documents that could hurt a campaign but do not indicate any wrongdoing. (c) Devise standards for the ethics of posting the contents of the account that you would be comfortable with no matter whether you support or oppose the candidate. 3.19 You are aware of a study that concludes that California's emergency systems, including hospitals, emergency supplies, police, and so forth, are not sufficient for responding to the magnitude of earthquake likely to occur in the next 30 years. The study has not been released to the public, and you are thinking of leaking it to a website that publishes leaked documents. List benefits of leaking the study and risks of doing so. List any other questions you consider relevant to making the decision. Indicate how different answers to some of the questions might affect your decision. 3.21 Someone posted a video on a popular video site showing a group of men with clubs enter a building and beat unarmed people. The site's policy prohibits posting videos with graphic violence. When a viewer complained, the site removed the video. Other viewers appealed the removal, saying the video documented abuse of prisoners in a Russian prison camp. Suppose you are a manager at thesite. Develop a plan for dealing with such videos. Will you repost the video? Explain the issues you considered. 3.22 An antiabortion website posted lists of doctors who perform abortions and judges and politicians who support abortion rights. It included addresses and other personal information about some of the people. When doctors on the list were injured or murdered, the site reported the results. A suit to shut the site for inciting violence failed. A controversial appeals court decision found it to be a legal exercise of freedom of speech. The essential issue is the fine line between threats and protected speech, a difficult issue that predates the Internet. Does the fact that this is a website rather than a printed and mailed newsletter make a difference? What, if any, issues in this case relate to the impact of the Internet? 3.23 The European Union has laws that restrict the percentage of audio-visual media programming (originally primarily television, but now including Internet content) produced outside the EU.Canada has similar restrictions on radio and television content. People in the Canadian film industry have proposed quotas on foreign movies. The reasons given include protecting a country's culture and protecting their content companies from foreign competition. (a) Do you think such restrictions are reasonable? Do you think they will remain effective with the expansion of online media in recent years? Give reasons. (b) The United States does not have such quotas on foreign programming or movies. Why do you think this is the case?