FAC’s Top Sunshine Week Resources
Every week is Sunshine Week at FAC, where we are fighting for government transparency and your right to know all year round. As Sunshine Week comes to a close this year, we wanted to share some of our top resource.
Every week is Sunshine Week at FAC, where we are fighting for government transparency and your right to know all year round. As Sunshine Week comes to a close this year, we wanted to share some of our top resource.
The American Library Association reported that book bans were at an all time high in 2023 with 4,250 titles tabbed for censorship, up from 2,571 titles in 2022. (The New York Times, March 14, 2024, by Alexandra Alter) Public libraries bore the brunt of he onslaught, suffering a 92 percent increase in titles up for censorship. Quests for censorship in school libraries was up 11 percent. Forty-seven percent of titles were about experiences of the
With the House of Representatives voting to ban TikTok unless it severs ties with China, David Greene of the Electronic Frontier Foundation says the ban violates the First Amendment rights of U.S. users who communicate with one another and get information from the site. A ban could result in Tik Tok’s shutting down entirely or in a sale to a U.S. company that could have editorial policies that would hinder free speech as practiced on
Charlotte McBirney of the News Media Alliance, March 8,2024, writes that in spite of one Supreme Court justice’s criticism of New York Times v. Sullivan, the decision enjoys bipartisan support and continues to protect the press and in so doing our ddemocratic heritage. For related FAC coverage, click here, here and here.
Emilie Raguso was initially asked to narrow the scope of the request, first made in July 2023. She did so immediately in August 2023, but has not received documents responsive to her request or justification for why any documents are being withheld since.