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FAC Co-Authors Amicus Letter to California Appeals Court in Support of Disclosing Police Drone Footage

[…] of Appeal issued a decision agreeing with our position that all police drone video footage is not categorically exempt from disclosure. See the decision here. The First Amendment Coalition, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press submitted a friend-of-the-court letter to California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal urging it to overturn the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 24, 2023
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A Guide to 2023 Open Meetings Law Changes

[…] the new law, a state body that holds a meeting through teleconferencing and allows members of the public to observe and address the meeting telephonically or otherwise electronically would satisfy any requirement that the state body allow members of the public to attend the meeting and offer public comment. AB/SB 189 requires that each […]

February 16, 2023
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FAC, EFF and Wired win unsealing of documents in hip-hop website seizure case

[…] unsealed records related to a government shutdown of a music blog/website, Dajaz1.com, for suspicion of copyright piracy. The unsealing had been requested by FAC, Wired, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Using a forfeiture authority usually invoked to seize cars and houses in drug cases, federal authorities had seized the hip hop website, then avoided […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 16, 2012
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Amici Briefs Digest, Dec. 2017

[…] amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. It argues that the federal statute that authorizes National Security Letters --commonly used to obtain customer records from electronic communication service providers -- is unconstitutional because it requires a prior restraint in violation of the First Amendment. The statute, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2709, 3511, allows […]
December 8, 2017
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Newsgathering

Recording a person without their knowledge

[…] have been completely private from the participants" in attendance. Sanders v. ABC, 20 Cal. 4th 907, 911, 915 (1999) ("a person may reasonably expect privacy against the electronic recording of a communication even though he or she had no reasonable expectation as to confidentiality of the communication's contents"). It is unclear whether the fact […]

June 14, 2009
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Newsgathering

Potential Eavesdropping, Amplifying Speakerphone

Does Penal Code section 632 (a) include a speakerphone conversation in the definition of "electronic amplifying"? I use speakerphone while working on the computer, however none of my conversations are considered confidential.

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

911 transcripts

As a general rule, any paper and electronic documents collected, owned, or maintained by a state or local agency is a public record for the purposes of the California Public Records Act, Government Code section 6250 et seq., and is available for public inspection and copying unless one of the Act's exemptions applies. If […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

A City Council’s COVID-19 Ordinance Allows Only email or Pre-Recorded Telephonic Comments

[…] local legislative body or state body that holds a meeting via teleconferencing and allows members of the public to observe and address the meeting telephonically or otherwise electronically. . . shall have satisfied any requirement that the body allow members of the public to attend the meeting and offer public comment. Such a body […]

January 20, 2021
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Public Records

MSW Media, Inc. and First Amendment Coalition v. United States DOGE Service

[…] other parts of DOGE’s structure remain unknown. In an effort to reveal more details regarding DOGE’s structure, on February 25, FAC submitted a FOIA request seeking all electronic communications between Musk and DOGE staff since January 20. DOGE never responded to the request, thereby failing to comply with federal law requirements. The lawsuit asks […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 28, 2025
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Terms of Service

[…] by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by you, the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest. A statement by you, made under penalty of […]

July 8, 2024