In amicus brief, FAC urges California appeal court to preserve anti-SLAPP protections in case of animal-rights organization.
OpenMind Magazine took form in March to address science controversies and deceptions. Their stories address how people “misperceive or don’t perceive important science issues in the world,” says co-founder Corey S. Powell. “Our canvas is things that are misreported or misunderstood in popular culture, on science issues that matter. This is the magazine that sets things straight.”(Nieman Lab, April 13, 2022, by Shraddha Chakradhar) The magazine aims to help readers discern fake scientific news and
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed its earlier decision that scraping data from public profiles on the web was not a violation of a federal computer hacking law. The decision was good news for archivists, academics, researchers and journalists who scrape the web for information. Linkedin had brought the lawsuit to protect its user information. (techcrunch, April 18, 2022, by Zach Whittaker) The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act had empowered corporations to criminalize
Governments across the world are clamping down on journalists covering environmental problems. Journalists are being murdered but also silenced through jailing, torture, threats, online harassment, bombings of offices, legal actions and hacking. Journalists must be free to report on the extreme weather events and other signs of a warming planet. (Columbia Journalism Review, April 14, 2022, by Giles Trendle) Reporters Without Borders published a comprehensive report,”Hostile Climate for Environmental Journalists,” about the threats to journalists
The Securities Exchange Commission has since 1972 muzzled principals after their cases have been settled. They must promise never to speak publicly about any allegations in complaints or plant the idea that the complaints were without factual basis. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to hear a case on the gag order Romeril v. Securities and Exchange Commission some time in the next few months. (The New York Times, April 18, 2022, by Adam