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The First Amendment does NOT protect which of the following?

	free speech
	hate speech
	commercial speech
	political expression

This legislation requires schools and libraries receiving federal money for Internet use to install filters blocking material considered obscene.

	The Communications Act of 1934.
	The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) of 1966.
	The 1996 Electronic Freedom of Information Act.
	The Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000.

Area(s) of federal legislation limiting corporate speech, relevant to public relations, include(s)

	Political elections
	Lobbying
	Labor organization communication with management
	Securities trading.
	All of the above.

Public relations practitioners who represent foreign governments or businesses

	must register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938.
	are banned from lobbying members of Congress.
	are violating the PRSA's Code of Ethics.
	must not distribute materials that are considered "political propaganda."

Carol, a public relations practitioner, appears on a local news show and makes a defamatory comment about a school board representative's voting record. She can be sued for:

	libel.
	slander.
	public disclosure of private facts.
	All of the above.

Your public relations firm represents the GroBig grocery chain, which is negotiating with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union Local 702. Your client wants you to issue a press release stating that further negotiations with the union are futile. You refuse, saying that such a statement

	could be challenged by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
	violates the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947.
	does not represent good faith bargaining.
	All of the above.

The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) restricts publicly owned companies from

	including "forward looking statements" with their news releases.
	informing the public new about new security offerings.
	offering to sell or trade unregistered securities.
	issuing proxy materials.

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