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100

The state in which the FIRST tech hub launched the US toward technological supremacy in the 20th century

What is New Jersey?

100

Company that now "censors" President Trump's messages with warning labels

What is Twitter?

100

The Triumvirate of Rhetorical Devices  

What are Pathos, Logos, Ethos?

100

The Constitution was ratified on this year

What is 1789?

100

Region in the US where it's "Tech Giants" have their HQ

What is Silicone Valley?

200

Decade when the first commercial ISPs (internet service provider) were issued

What are the 1980's?

200

In June, the Amazon-owned site, known for showing video game play, has become a hub for airing the sit-ins and marches over racial inequality.

What is Twitch?

200

How many more people are impacted by effects of position/contentions

What is scope?

200

 In 1967, SCOTUS dealt with the constitutionality of performing a wiretap on a phone booth. This challenged the traditional application of this amendment to the Constitution

What is the 4th Amendment? 

200
From 2005 to 2008, this SMC had the highest number visitors on web

What is Myspace? 

300

An era named after a US Senator who led a tyrannical investigation into the communist infiltration 

What is the McCarthy era? 

300

This country, as of April of 2014, developed a “troll farm” that could spread false and disparaging messages on social media  

What is Russia?

300

to indicate to the judge where one is on the flow/argument.

What is signposting?

300

The Bill of Rights was adopted in this year 

What is 1791?

300

The year the CDA (Communications Decency Act) was signed into Law

What is 1996?

400

The US government used these types events in our history to legally censor media for our own safety

What are wartime events? 

400

In June, this European country's high court struck down a hate speech law in defense of free speech 

What is France?

400

A statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference

What is a fallacy? 

400

This right in the Constitution doesn’t prevent a private employer from setting its own rules about employee communication

What is the 1st amendment?

400

In an effort to show transparency to the consumer and govt legislators, this SMC start "Privacy Checkup". "Privacy Checkup" is a tool which allows users to review who sees their posts, settings for apps they have logged into with the SMC and who can see info from their profile like phone number and email address.

What is Facebook? 

500

A sensational, over exaggerated style of journalism coined during the peak of NYC newspaper distribution in the late 1890's 

What is "yellow journalism"?

500

Patagonia, the North Face, REI, the clothing chain Eddie Bauer, the film distributor Magnolia Pictures and the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream brand have stop advertising on this site in protest of it's content moderation practices

What is Facebook?

500

Repetition at the end of a line, phrase, or clause of the word or words that occurred at the beginning of the same line, phrase, or clause (Yoda Speak).

What is Epanalepsis?

500

Rule applied in Constitutional law where virtually unlimited 1st amendment protection is primary 

What is "cardinal rule"? 

500

No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.

What is Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act?