quiz - online regulation
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Oscar, Sam and Wada
What does IWF stand for?
Internet Watch Foundation
Over the past few years with in
online media regulation what has
been referred to decentralised
network
Internet
What does ISP stand for?
Internet Service Provider
When did police, encouraged
by the politicians, raid an
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
and try to prosecute for
„obscenity‟? 1996
When did David Cameron
publicly discuss his plans to
introduce a mandatory web
filter system?
December 2012
Why is it so hard to censor the
internet?
Due to the size of the internet
What does the „cleanfeed‟ filter
system refer to ?
All websites containing child
pornography are filtered by the
whole of the UK‟s Internet service
providers
Who said that violent teenage
offenders generally watched
less TV and film, and were less
likely to use technology than
their peers?
David Gauntlett
What two reasons censorship is
justified by?
Offense and harm
In what year did Graham Coutts
blame the murder of Jane
Longhurst on his download of
internet pornography?
2003
In July 2007, which British man
was arrested and prosecuted in
the UK based on the Obscenity
Act, for publishing a written story
to publish on a US site, entitled
„Girls (Scream) Aloud‟?
Darryn Walker
What did media theorist David
Gauntlett say about the studies
into the harm of media?
Many studies show correlation, but not causation.
Why did the government begun to
force ISPs to block specific file-
sharing sites such as Newzbin
sites and The Pirate Bay, in 2011
and 2012?
Because these sites allegedly made pirated films and music
available for download.
In what year did the UK
Government petition to and
successfully remove 5 Youtube
accounts for terrorist materials?
2012
What are the two key reasons
that justifies media censorship?
Offence and Harm
Offence- As seen on twitter when Liam Stacey tweeted „LOL. F***
Muamba. He‟s dead.‟ After Fabrice Muamba suffered an on-field heart
attack.
Harm- This is when consuming a media work will cause you harm
because you are likely to recreate what you see (effects theory). For
e.g. a teenager might think it would be reasonable to carry out violent
act just because they saw their favourite character doing it.
What did David Cameron call
for on social media in situations
such as the London Riots?
Censoring or even temporary “switch- off” of social media
Some politicians discussed the
idea of extending the cleanfeed
to block which websites in 2009,
which has not yet occurred?
Certain Terrorist websites
Which social medias were
extensively during the London
Riot to coordinate violent
actions?
Facebook and Blackberry Messenger
Which laws apply to online
content, and are being
increasingly used to stop
defamatory online articles and
statements?
Libel Laws and „super- injunctions‟
What did John Gilmore
famously state about the
internet?
„the net treats censorship as a defect and routes around it‟