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Press Freedom Index: U.S. remains in 20th place

FAC October 22, 2010

Amplify’d from voices.washingtonpost.com Reporters Without Borders, the journalism watchdog group, released its Press Freedom Index for 2010, tracking media freedom across 178 countries. The report measures the violations of press freedom in the world, taking into account murders, imprisonment, physical attacks and threats as well as censorship, confiscation, searches and harassment. The United States remained in the same position as it occupied last year: No. 20 on the list, behind most of the Northern European

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LA Times says Netflix CEO drops $400,000 into CA school superintendent race.

FAC October 22, 2010

Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings, a former member of the state board of education, has opened up his wallet to help Larry Aceves in the race for state superintendent of public instruction. Hastings contributed $400,000 to an independent committee to promote Aceves in the closing days of the campaign. The nonpartisan race features two Democrats — Aceves, a former school superintendent, and Assemblyman Tom Torlakson (D-Antioch). Torlakson’s campaign has been buoyed by millions of dollars

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Porterville retailers allege open meetings violation in agreement between city and Indian tribe

donal brown October 21, 2010

A group of Porterville retailers claim that the city council violated the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law, when they made an agreement in closed session with the Tule River Indian Tribe. -db The Porterville Recorder October 21, 2010 By Denise Madrid A Cooperative Agreement made nearly six months ago during closed session between the City of Porterville and the Tule River Indian Tribe is being called into question by the Coalition of Retailers

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Secrecy holds for inventions increase

donal brown October 21, 2010

Secrecy News’ Steven Aftergood argues that the trend toward placing more and more inventions under secrecy orders is detrimental as a closed procedure without external review. He says increased secrecy hurts rather than enhances national security. -db Secrecy News Opinion October 21, 2010 By Steven Aftergood There were 5,135 inventions that were under secrecy orders at the end of Fiscal Year 2010, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office told Secrecy News last week. It’s a

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California Supreme Court rejects appeal of mall attempting to curtail speech

donal brown October 21, 2010

A Northern California shopping mall lost its bid to stop a pastor from addressing shoppers about topics other than shopping. The appellate decision held that the state constitution protected “peaceful, consensual, spontaneous conversations between strangers.” -db San Francisco Chronicle October 21, 2010 By Bob Egelko The state Supreme Court rejected a shopping mall’s challenge Wednesday to a ruling that allows people at the mall – a pastor, in this case – to approach strangers and

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