Chapter 5: Case Study

Question to Consider

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

Ans: Sexting is not a form of expression it is because sexting is the sending of suggestive material, such as photos or sexual jokes, through text messages. And a charge of child pornography can include the production, distribution and possession of photos of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.  It is not, of course, protected by the First Amendment.


source: www.lawbrain.com 

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

Ans: For me as a student all I can do is just to warn my friends and  relatives to avoid sending or posting any explicit material, such as photos or sexual messages or jokes through text messages and told them to spread it also to their other friends.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Questions to Consider

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?

Ans: For me the current hot issues that interests me is the issues about Prosecutors wants location via twitter online.

New York City prosecutors have subpoenaed Twitter in order to get data about the account holder's location during the Occupy Wall Street protests, the Electronic Frontier Foundation disclosed in a blog post today.

By granting the subpoena request -- which Twitter has challenged -- the court is allowing prosecutors to bypass the need for a search warrant as typically required when seeking location information, the EFF argues.

"The judge also allowed the government to get access to location information without a search warrant. Twitter keeps a record of a user's IP address when he logs in to post a tweet," Hanni Fakhoury, EFF staff attorney, writes. "Since the majority of Twitter users access the site through mobile phones, these IP addresses are keys that help unlock a person's location."

source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57432924-83/eff-prosecutors-want-location-data-via-a-twitter-shortcut/

As for now I cannot tell if I will support it or not because I do not have any twitter account and I also choice this topic even though I do not have any account in twitter because I think this is an interesting issues.

2. What reasons might a firm give for joining and supporting EFF?

Ans: I think to locate or get access to the location information without a search warrant.

3. The vice president of public affairs for your midsized telecommunications equipment company has suggested that the firm 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?    

 
Ans: I think it is a good idea because it can help us to have a better telecommunications equipment and have a good services in this technologies.