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Reporter Sues Alameda County for Sideshow Law That Criminalizes Journalism

[…] coverage of this issue includes a May 2023 article in which Fermoso and co-author Darwin BondGraham mapped the intersections of every report of sideshows made to Oakland police for nearly four years. Fermoso has also interviewed residents and business owners who are affected by the sideshows and detailed efforts to curb sideshows through enforcement […]
- Press Freedom
July 2, 2024
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2021 Impact Report

In 2021, we encountered barriers to basic government information — from public health agencies about the COVID-19 pandemic to police departments confronting social unrest over racial injustice. FAC was there to protect our rights.

March 2, 2022
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FAC Supports CA Senate Bill 629 to Protect Members of the Press During Protests

[…] to provide context and help us all understand the significance of these events," the organizations wrote to State Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, who introduced the measure. " Police attacks on journalists are what we expect from third world countries. "SB 629 would make clear that it is the policy of this state that assaults […]
- Press Freedom
June 26, 2020
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Your First Amendment Rights and Press Freedom on Election Day

[…] providing rapid responses to journalists on deadline and canmake referralstoexperts and qualified legal counselas the need arises. FAC'sLegalHotlineisfor anyone with questions about: Protesters'rights to assemble andrecord the police Journalists' newsgathering rights Access to public records and meetings Reporters on deadline or withurgent legal needs canreach out [email protected] (415)460-5060, which isstaffed by the coalition's lawyers. […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 3, 2020
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When mayors evade disclosure rules by using personal email accounts for city business, it is democracy that suffers. We’ll know soon if the courts, like the public, have lost patience.

[…] seizure" under the fourth amendment to the US constitution. The argument is nontrivial---but nonetheless wrong. Fourth amendment safeguards would indeed be implicated if a government IT staffer, police officer or other government agent conducted a forced, non-consensual search of the mayor's personal email, sifting through private messages to and from friends and family to […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
February 6, 2014
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UCLA Turns Over Video of Contentious Event with Treasury Secretary After Public Records Requests Flood in

[…] Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA, took place on Feb. 26. During the event, audience members shouted heckles at Mnuchin, and several protesters were removed by police officers. After the event, in an unusual move, Mnuchin "retracted his permission" for the university to release video or audio of the event. After UCLA refused […]
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- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 12, 2018
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The Powerful anti-SOPA protests show why corporations, too, need First Amendment rights

[…] threats of violence, no coercion, no overnight camping in public parks or blocking of street traffic during rush hour. Municipalities were not required to pay overtime to police. Tasers guns and pepper spray remained holstered. And there were no injuries. The Fifth Estate's tactic of symbolic protest was the essence of constitutionally protected expression. […]
- Free Expression
January 20, 2012
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Special Commentary | You Have the Right to Record Law Enforcement Officers — Including at the Border

[…] holding law enforcement, especially CBP officials, accountable for abuses at the border. Recording and documenting interactions with federal law enforcement officers are especially critical tools for over- policed, hyper-surveilled border communities. CBP is the largest law enforcement agency in the United States, and it is also one of the deadliest: Over the past 12 […]
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- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 9, 2022
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Senator Lieberman calls for misguided internet censorship, but the marketplace of ideas demands that free speech flourish.

[…] own terms of use. They prohibit, among other things, ‘gratuitous and graphic violence’, ‘bad stuff like…bomb making’ and ‘hate speech." YouTube relies on a user-feedback system to police its site, by which people are able to flag videos that are then reviewed by administrators. In response to the Senator’s feedback, YouTube removed 80 of […]
- Free Expression
June 3, 2009
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SCOTUS is about to bring down hammer on public sector unions. That will be good for democracy, not so good for freedom of speech.

[…] will defy them with impunity. In states like California, where public employee unions have long held sway, the balance of political power will shift away from teachers, police and bureaucrats. From a political standpoint, I am generally in favor of this shift. Disproportionate power in the hands of a special interest group, like public […]
- Free Expression
January 20, 2016