Chapter 5

Chapter 5

FREEDOM of SPEECH

VIGNETTE

Sexting

1. Does sexting represent a form of expression that is protected by the First Amendment?

     ANSWER : Yes, sexting represent a form of expression that is protected by the First Amendment right because sending sexual messages, nude or seminude photos, or sexually explicit videos over a cell phone it will consider this as child pornography.

2. What can be done to protect people from the dangers of sexting while still safeguarding our First Amendment Rights?

     ANSWER :  The parents will guide always their children against the sexting. They must teach their children what is right and what is wrong.

CASE 3 : The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF )

1. Visit the EFF Web site at www.eff.org and develop a list of its current "hot" issues. Research one EFF issue that interests you, and write a brief paper summarizing EFF's position. Discuss whether you support this position and why.

     ANSWER :  No Backroom Deals to Regulate the Internet: Speak Out Against the Trans-Pacific Partnership! The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a trade agreement currently being negotiated by United States and eight countries. Like ACTA, the TPP is being negotiated in secret, and on a fast timetable. We don't know what's in the TPP IP chapter or even what the US trade representative is pushing for in this agreement. That worries us. Entertainment industry executives who are members of the Industry Advisory Committee will likely get to see the agreement drafts - again - but the rest of us will be kept in the dark unless we speak up now. ( https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8229 )

2. What reason might a form give for joining and supporting EFF?

     ANSWER : It provides funds for legal defense in court, presents amici curiae briefs, defends individuals and new technologies from what it considers baseless or misdirected legal threats, works to expose government malfeasance, provides guidance to the government and courts, organizes political action and mass mailings, supports some new technologies which it believes preserve personal freedoms, maintains a database and web sites of related news and information, monitors and challenges potential legislation that it believes would infringe on personal liberties and fair use, and solicits a list of what it considers patent abuses with intentions to defeat those that it considers without merit. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation )

3. The vice president of public affairs for your midsized telecommunications equipment company has suggested that the form donate $10,000 in equipment and services to EFF and become a corporate sponsor. The CFO has asked if you, the CIO, support this action. What would you say?

     ANSWER : If that is good to the people who are using technology well, I will support this kind of organization.