CPSC 315 Chapter 3

Spam

Usolicited, bulk email

Is spam profitable?

Yes, its very cheap to send out mass emails and it only needs 1 person to buy a product to make money.

Forms of Direct Censorship

• Government Monopolization

• Prepublican review

• Licensing and registration

Self-censorship

the exercising of control over what one says and does, especially to avoid castigation.

Avoid subsequent persecution and maintain good relationships with the government

First amendment

Freedom of Speech

Jeremy Jaynes

• Jaynes is spam emailed junk mail from his home in North Carolina.

• He was charged but aquitted under the first amendment right

FCC V. Pacifica Foundation et al.

George Carlin recorded filthy words where he said 7 words that he said “shouldnt be said on tv”. He was arrested but the U.S. Supreme court ruled that the FCC didnt violate his first amendment right. And it was okay for them to censor speech during the times when a child may be listening.

Child Internet Protection Act

Libraries receiving federal networking funds must filter pages containing obscenity or child porno

US Supreme court ruled CIPA did not violate 1st amendment guarantees

Identity Theft

When a person uses another person’s electronic identity

What is the leading form of identity theft

credit card fraud

Five Common Types of Identity Thet

1. Drivers License Identity Theft

2. Social Security Identity Theft

3. Medical Identity Theft

4. Character / Criminal Identity Theft

5. Financial Identity Theft

Cyberbullying

use of the internet or phone system to inflict psychological harm

Megan Meier Cyberpulling prevention act

Resulting from a girl who killed herself after cyber bullying