First, check out this article in The Harvard Crimson
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/11/4/hot-or-not-website-briefly-judges/?page=single
Links to an external site. about "Facemash", a possibly illegal website Mark Zuckerberg created in the fall of 2003 while he was still a sophomore at Harvard.
Next, write up a four-paragraph essay in which you address the following four questions:
- You are the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/meet-us-attorney
Links to an external site., the chief federal law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Which laws would you use to prosecute Mark
Zuckerberg for his illegal "Facemash" website? (100 words min.) - You are a criminal defense attorney defending Mark Zuckerberg against the criminal charges brought by the U.S. Attorney above. What is Zuckerberg's best
legal defense to the charges against him? (100 words min.) - You are the new President of Harvard University
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/12/harvard-names-claudine-gay-30th-president/
Links to an external site.. From the President's point of view, does the Facemash website violate the Harvard College Honor Code
https://honor.fas.harvard.edu/honor-code
Links to an external site.? Why or why not? Be specific in your answer. (100 words min.) - Finally, in your personal opinion, which legal right should prevail in a case like this: (a) Mark Zuckerberg's speech rights (i.e. the right to create a new website), (b) the liberty rights of Harvard students to access the Facemash website and vote on the "hotness" of their fellow students, or (c) the privacy rights of the students whose photos were posted on the Facemash website? (100 words min.)
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