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A mass communications system of millions of networked computers and databases
What is the internet
100
wiretapping technology used by the FBI for criminal investigations
What is Carnivore
100
the owners exclusive right to control, publish, and sell an original work
What is a copyright
100
the buying of goods online
What is e-commerce
100
Schools and libraries provide internet access to reduce the...
What is the digital divide
200
operates within the internet allowing users to interact with billions of documents stored on computers across the net
What is the world wide web
200
spreading of certain ideas and may involve misleading messages designed to manipulate people
What is Propaganda
200
things that people create such as songs, movies, books, etc.
What is intellectual property
200
law that made it illegal to send indecent material over the internet to minors
What is the communications decency act
200
hackers, voter fraud, and identity theft
What are reasons why some are against voting online
300
pages on the world wide web that may contain pictures, text, audio, and video
What is web sites
300
a government in which one person or group of people hold absolute power
What are authoritarian regimes
300
the income that a government or business collects
What is revenue
300
not free from political ties or bias
What are nonpartisan research groups
300
because e-commerce cuts revenue
Why do some oppose e-commerce
400
millions of stored older files or stories
What is archives
400
group that includes people who disagree with established political or religious system
What are dissident groups
400
man involved in the highest profile case involving the DMCA
Who is Dmitri Sklyarov
400
filtering through websites that break laws
What is filtering
400
creates user-friendly communication with his/her constituents
What is a candidate e-mail
500
internet discussion forums
What are newsgroups
500
requires websites to have a policy describing the information they are collecting from children and how they will use it
What is the children's online privacy protection act
500
makes it a crime to develop or spread software that will bypass computer codes that protect copyrighted material
What is the DMCA
500
a policy on how to deal with privacy issues
What is a privacy policy
500
a loss of information, participation in civic life, and and opportunity for income
What are the negative effects of the digital divide