I did rather poorly. I did not catch the final tally. Had a lot to do with dates. I love history but I can't remember dates to save my life. Some of it was just pointlessly stupid. Of what substantial import is knowing the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791 instead of 1789? Really? And questions such as when did the Supreme Court rule that the internet is protected speech. Despite their answer, the supreme court has never ruled on whether the internet is protected speech because "the internet" is not within the jurisdiction of SCOTUS. Perhaps some content hosted in places over which the court does have jurisdiction are protected, but that and "the internet" are not one and the same.
In summarizing the case, Wikipedia writes:
Wkipideia wrote:The CDA was an attempt to protect minors from explicit material on the Internet by criminalizing the knowing transmission of "obscene or indecent" messages to any recipient under 18; and also the knowing sending to a person under 18 of anything "that, in context, depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards, sexual or excretory activities or organs."
And simply put, there isn't a fucking thing the court can do about what happens on a Romanian server.
But I was warned up front, after the content not behaving properly in the first two browsers I tried, I noted that it was a USA Today poll. If I want to get my ideas from the likes of USA Today, I can profitably replace my list of secondary sources with a copy of Merriam Webster's home reference library and one of those eight-balls that you shake and it says, "Reply hazy. Try again later."
I rather doubt whether most recognized the real first amendment quiz which simply asked whether you're willing to wade through a sea of banner ads and skip over a handful of sponsored google ads -- which may or may not be targeted to you based on your use of various commonplace technologies -- in order to get to some sensational but ultimately unenlightening content, designed not to inform, but to increase the number of times you click your mouse. How many of you passed that test?
Anyway, as noted, everybody loves a quiz. I confess to on occasion taking the quizzes in Cosmo -- BUT I NEVER BOUGHT MY OWN COPY. It was always someone else's. I feel vindicated. (Well, okay. Maybe not. Exit, stage left.....)
