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    Is County Transit’s denial of our ads based on content, violating free speech?

    I work on an environmental campaign related to water and wildlife habitat. I have attempted to place ads on buses and/or at bus stops managed by County Transit and the Transit Authority. County Transit denied our ads based  on their content, which they determined  includes "issue advocacy" which is not allowed under their recently-revised advertising policy […]

    September 18, 2015

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    FAC Supports CA Senate Bill 629 to Protect Members of the Press During Protests

    […] a California bill that would help ensure members of the news media covering protests are protected from physical assault, arrest, or obstruction of their news gathering activities by law enforcement agencies. FAC, together with the California News Publisher’s Association, California Black Media, Ethnic Media Services and ImpreMedia, submitted a letter in support of Senate […]

    June 26, 2020

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    FAC News Press Release

    Yahoo!’s Neil Budde Joins CFAC Board

    […] Voters Education Committee, and Dan Day, Managing Editor for the Modesto Bee. CFAC, with offices in San Rafael CA, is dedicated to advancing free speech and open- government rights. A membership organization, CFAC's activities include educational and informational programs, a Legal Hotline service, participation in "test case" litigation to enhance First Amendment rights for […]

    June 2, 2009

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    FAC News Press Release

    Wired.com Editor Hansen elected president of FAC board; media attorney Melamed is VP; Gingras, of Google, joins Board.

    […] Area from Washington, DC, where she was a lawyer at The Washington Post for 27 years. From 1995 until her retirement in 2006, she was Vice President, Government Affairs at the Washington Post. Wired.com Evan Hansen Evan Hansen, Editor in Chief, Wired.com Carol Melamed Carol Melamed, Media Attorney Richard Gingras Richard Gingras, head of […]

    April 19, 2012

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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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    Cases Press Release

    Victory for FAC’s Subpoena Defense Initiative 

    […] reporter at the outlet, received a subpoena last month to testify in the criminal trial of William Turner, who was at the center of a case she covered. Lacking legal counsel to contest the subpoena, Raguso turned to FAC. The organization arranged for expert counsel to represent Raguso, at no cost to her or […]

    January 3, 2018

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    Blog

    US media shouldn’t rush to hang Murdoch’s News Corp for the sins of its London tabloids. Let’s wait to see the evidence.

    […] into public demands for a legislative response targeting American media companies. But, while checkbook journalism is deplorable, and though some of its American practitioners might even welcome government intervention to curb it, any legislative solution would be fraught with risks to free speech. The list of News Corp staffers who have resigned, including Les […]

    July 18, 2011

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    Blog Cases

    Unsealed: Newly released warrant reveals flimsy basis for L.A. sheriff targeting press, protesters

    […] make disclosures to the judge to ensure press rights were protected. In addition to California’s strong shield law protections, the U.S. Privacy Protection Act limits when the government can pilfer through protected newsgathering materials. (Unzueta brought a civil rights lawsuit over the ordeal and received a $90,000 settlement.) The investigator’s statement of probable cause […]

    June 7, 2023

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    Blog

    Trumping Trump: California’s Attack on the First Amendment

    […] records, as is their right, under the California Public Records Act. A hesitant press is a press that can’t fulfill its constitutionally protected mission to hold the government to account. If California’s leaders mean it when they say they are protecting their state against constitutional violations, they should look in the mirror first. David […]

    May 21, 2019