Which of the Following Statements Is True of Communications Decency

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of Communications Decency Act (CDA) ?

• A)Title V of the CDA was the Telecommunications Act, aimed at protecting children from pornography.
• B)The CDA imposed a $150,000 fine and a prison term of up to five years for the transmission of "indecent" material over the Internet.
• C)The problem with the CDA was its broad language and vague definition of "indecency," a standard that was left to individual communities to determine.
• D)In June 2004, the ruling by the Supreme Court in the case of Ashcroft v.American Civil Liberties Union made it clear that CDA was unconstitutional.

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Definitions:

Salient Stimuli

Stimuli that are more noticeable or significant to the organism, often due to their novelty or intensity, and thus more likely to affect behavior.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a conditioned stimulus that occurs because of previous conditioning.

Unconditioned Stimuli

Stimuli that naturally and automatically trigger a response without any prior learning or conditioning.

Systematic Desensitization

A graduated counterconditioning treatment for phobias in which the relaxation state is associated with the phobic object.