Study Questions

  • What three elements must be present for libel to occur?
  • What are the four major defenses against libel?
  • What are the four major forms of invasion of privacy?
  • What are shield laws? List recent cases involving shield laws.
  • How has libel on social media been handled? Explain.
  • How do the free speech rights of high school students differ from those of adults, according to the decisions of Hazelwood and Fredrick v. Morse?
  • Explain the concept of net neutrality, and how the absence of rules requiring neutrality might have an impact on users.
  • What effect has the Citizens United ruling had on political speech? Explain.