MMC 4200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Child Online Protection Act, Hardcore Pornography, Revenge Porn
12 Apr 2016
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519-523: obscenity and indecency, obscenity, no first amendment protections, never allowed on air ii. Amendment: fcc free to modify current indecency policy ii. First amendment and the news: first amendment does not guarantee a right to obtain information b. It protects the media"s right to publish information about public issues, but not the right to gather this information. Journalists have no greater rights of access to information than anyone else c: first amendment guarantees access to courts, but not to prisons, pell v. procunier. If the information is held by the federal government, federal laws apply. If the info is held by state or local government, state laws apply. Access to news events: public property, quasi-public property, war zones. Access laws: laws governing access to government meetings and records are found in statutes b. c. Access to records: federal freedom of information act (foia, florida public records law.
