On today's class agenda:
- Study Quizlet for today's vocabulary test for 10 minutes. The test will be part written and part multiple choice.
- Take the vocabulary test at www.testmoz.com/2002321. It is closed-book.
- Today's Unit 3 Section Quiz is postponed until Monday.
- Then, please read the article at https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-indonesia/facebook-takes-down-hundreds-of-indonesian-accounts-linked-to-fake-news-syndicate-idUSKCN1PQ3JS and complete the online worksheet at www.testmoz.com/2002303. You may reference the article while doing the worksheet.
- Then by the end of the hour please email me (in the body of the email, not as an attachment as a Word document or Google doc) a 100-word minimum essay explaining your opinion on the actions of the Indonesian group described as spreading fake news, the Indonesian government, and Facebook. Discuss each of the following -- Was it fake news? Where the accounts fake? Is the Indonesian government requesting censorship? Is Facebook doing an adequate job of preventing publication and dissemination of defamatory content? Look up and read the definitions of defamation and defamatory before beginning your writing.
