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    Blogger’s identity exposed, and legal threats made against her

    […] state listed on the American Bar Association website at http://apps.americanbar.org/legalservices/findlegalhelp/main.cfm?id=OK. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

    November 21, 2011

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    Does Wikileaks deserve Dan Ellsberg’s approval? The good Wikileaks, yes; the bad Wikileaks, no

    […] good Wikileaks. The bad Wikileaks, not satisfied with front-page stories in the New York Times and the other publications, and despite demands and threats from the US government, proceeded to dump virtually its entire set of 400,000 Iraq War documents on the open internet, where they are being painstakingly mined for information and insights […]

    November 1, 2010

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    FAC, Media Coalition Notch Important Victory in Growing Police Transparency Fight

    […] of dishonesty. Judge Treat held that SB 1421 applies to all misconduct records, irrespective of when they were created. As a result, the judge ruled, the records must be released. However, Treat delayed the release of records for 10 days so that the unions can appeal the order if they wish. Judge Treat’s order […]

    February 11, 2019

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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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    First Amendment

    Can CA legally charge fees for filming on private property?

    […] to contact Film L.A. Inc., the permit processor for the County of Los Angeles http://www.filmla.com/. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries.  In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

    May 14, 2015

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    Google lawyer Nicole Wong is newest member of CFAC Board

    Nicole Wong, Deputy General Counsel of Google, has joined the Board of Directors of the California First Amendment Coalition, the free speech and open- government advocacy group. An expert on legal issues concerning technology and the internet, Ms. Wong has responsibility at Google for litigation and legal strategies for all Google products. Before joining […]

    June 2, 2009

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    Will All Judges Who Have Viewed Porn Please Stand Up?

    […] the First Amendment, to possess pornographic materials on his own computer. It is a right that we all have, and for good reason: in a free society, government has no business regulating private choices about what movies to see, books to read or photos to view. Although Kozinski is a public figure, he has […]

    June 3, 2009

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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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    California Reporting Project Wins 2019 FAC Award for Police Accountability Coverage

    The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the California Reporting Project is the recipient of the 2019 Free Speech & Open Government Award, given in recognition of the project’s groundbreaking statewide campaign to bring to light records of police misconduct.The project, an unprecedented collaboration of competing newsrooms, started as a cooperative effort between […]

    December 2, 2019

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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