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    Back Talk

    Readers respond to article criticizing anonymous postings Amen. -Mark Baird Alameda CA --- The author reveals to us that his name is Peter Scheer and he works for something called the California First Amendment Coalition. However we do not know who financed and established the organization or whether the author represents a client, or […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Cases

    AP, Bloomberg, CNET, Wired.com, LA Times, CNPA join FAC motion in lost-iPhone case

    […] First Amendment Coalition and major news media have requested the California Court presiding over the Gizmodo/missing iPhone matter to unseal judicial records relating to the warrant issued for the search of an online journalist's home and the seizure of his computer, hard drives and other digital files. The motion to unseal the warrant affidavit […]

    May 6, 2010

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    Blog

    Anonymous speech, although constitutionally protected, is mostly digital graffiti

    Freedom of expression means taking responsibility for what you write. By Peter Scheer A Chinese blogger, defying a government censorship decree, publishes information about the crash of a military transport plane. Another blogger, an Egyptian, posts photos of the scarred body of a teenager who was tortured by Egyptian police. Both bloggers are anonymous. […]

    June 3, 2009

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    FAC News Press Release

    Announcing FAC’s 2014 Free Speech & Open Government Award Winners

    […] in Pennsylvania, who resisted heavy-handed administration interference in editorial decisions; San Francisco Chronicle reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken for tireless and powerful coverage of cozy relationships between PG &E and the state PUC, serious problems in the Bay Bridge construction project and missteps in fire response to the crash of an airliner at San Francisco […]

    December 2, 2014

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    Cases

    Amici Briefs Digest – Sept. 2018

    […] of the website antiwar.com. Our amicus brief argues, in essence, that the lower court’s ruling would open the door to the FBI broadly collecting information about journalists for the mere act of publishing -- just the kind of surveillance prohibited under the Privacy Act. FAC was represented here by Cooley LLP. FAC Joined Amici […]

    September 20, 2018

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    Cases

    Allegation of ‘Conspiracy’ Not Enough to Evade Free-Speech Protections

    […] ruling that a plaintiff may circumvent the anti-SLAPP statute simply by pleading a conclusory assertion that a defendant engaged in speech of public concern is vicariously liable for the unlawful actions of others, absent any allegation or proof that the defendant specifically authorized, directed, or ratified those actions, as required by the First Amendment. […]

    April 20, 2022

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    Blog

    A 1st Amendment Kiss** to the LA Times for coverage of LA schools that empowers parents to hold bureaucrats and politicians accountable

    A big First Amendment Kiss** to the Los Angeles Times and reporters Jason Felch, Jason Song and Doug Smith for their recent stories about LA public schools. The Times applied statistical analysis to seven years of student test scores in order to measure teachers' effectiveness in math and English instruction. Using an outside consultant […]

    August 27, 2010

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    FAC News Press Release

    "Mother Jones" publisher Jay Harris and media lawyers Judy Alexander and Ed Davis join CFAC Board

    […] and Judy Alexander, owner of Judy Alexander Law in Capitola. Harris has been Publisher of Mother Jones and Chief Executive Officer of its nonprofit parent, the Foundation for National Progress, since 1991. In 2001 Mother Jones was awarded the National Magazine Award for General Excellence, and was again a finalist in 2003. Harris is […]

    June 2, 2004

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Should I be able to get meta data of emails and calendars under the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance or Public Records Act?

    […] requested from various San Francisco agencies, under the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance and California Public Records Act, full email and calendar records, specifically in the original electronic format the city agencies hold them. While some agencies do indeed produce their emails/calendar entries in the native electronic formats like .msg, .eml, .ics, etc. which preserve […]

    April 1, 2021