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    CPRA

    Electronic Filing of Campaign Disclosure Data

    […] for it to redact the addresses in the online version.  I am not aware of any particular authority that would support this position, however, and the position does not seem to make a great deal of sense where making the information available online would seem to entail less cost and work for the government agency.

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Access to RFO Bids

    Under the CA Public Records Act, do we as responders to a RFO for Information Technology Consulting Services for State of California contracts, have any rights to be able to review the bids received (after notice of contract award) to find out how we scored in comparison and how we could write better responses?  […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Can I publish public records? Confidential records of public importance?

    […] sorts of information might be protected thereunder.  There are certainly risks connected with your posting that document.  A safer route would be to file a Public Record Act request for the document.  You may want to file another request as well as other pertinent documents relating to the settlement (perhaps as a separate request […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Facebook, under attack for choosing “trending” stories, should embrace the 1st Amendment

    PETER SCHEER---Facebook wants you, me and the federal government to believe that the selection and prominence of content on Facebook, particularly in its "trending stories" feature, has nothing to do with human judgment or choice. This has long been Facebook’s public posture, and it was its initial knee-jerk response this week to a news […]

    May 11, 2016

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    First Amendment Police Records

    I couldn’t video tape my own arrest, but a reality show was allowed

    […] present no definitive answer to the question. Regarding your second question, I am not aware of any legal requirement that imposes on a warden or any officer governmental agent a legal responsibility to review television footage recorded by a TV crew working cooperatively with an agency. To the extent such a responsibility exists, it […]

    September 4, 2011

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    First Amendment Social Media

    Can I Sue Facebook For Censoring Me?

    In general, First Amendment claims can only be brought when the government attempts to suppress the speech of its citizens — i.e. when there is "state action" that suppresses free speech. As such, it is unlikely that you would have any claim against Facebook for infringement of your First Amendment right to free speech. […]

    April 24, 2022

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    Wikileaks didn’t just happen. It exists because journalists have lost control over their information.

    […] the Times' articles, which inevitably invite comparison to the "Pentagon Papers" of an earlier generation and an earlier war, were supplied to the Times not by a government source, but by wikileaks.org, a shadowy and stateless website specializing in publishing sensitive records leaked anonymously from the files of governments and corporations. Why wikileaks? If […]

    July 29, 2010

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    FAC urges ‘NO’ vote on San Francisco’s Prop E

    […] that make San Francisco’s political process more transparent and more open to voices that are not currently heard, and FAC supports the use of technology to make government more accountable to the people. But Prop E is a flawed proposal that will create serious, practical problems. For example, Prop E allows organized groups (consisting […]

    September 9, 2015

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    CPRA

    Water Usage Records

    […] established that the narrow privacy rights invaded are so fundamental that they outweigh the public's "fundamental and necessary right" to be informed concerning the workings of its government." Thus, unless the water district can meet its burden of showing that nondisclosure of customer water usage information clearly outweighs disclosure, the public is entitled to […]

    June 14, 2009