Chapter 17 Questions

CHAPTER 17 QUESTIONS

1. List three defenses to defamation.
2. How does the common law approach to defamation differ from the CDA's approach?
3. What is the importance or significance of the CDA § 230?
4. Who does the CDA § 230 protect?
5. Give three examples of an "interactive computer service" as defined by the courts.
6. Does the CDA § 230 protect the actual author of the alleged defamation?
7. Does the CDA § 230 have a takedown requirement? Explain.
8. Describe the inherent tension between defamation and the right of anonymous speech.
9. How does "libel per se differ" from "libel per quod"?
10. What is a "personal attack Web site" and are such sites protected by the CDA § 230? Explain.
11. Give an example of a court limiting CDA § 230 immunity.
12. In what major way does the U.K. Defamation Act of 1996 differ from the CDA § 230?
13. What is the "Mrs. Murphy" exception to the Fair Housing Act?

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