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Journalism Leaders Ricardo Sandoval-Palos and Edward Wasserman Join FAC Board

[…] editor, and media executive. "Ricardo and Ed join FAC at an auspicious time, as we expand our programs and staff to aggressively meet the extraordinary demand for government accountability, transparency and the fundamental rights of free expression and a free press," said FAC Executive Director David Snyder. "We will benefit from the experience, wisdom […]

July 9, 2020
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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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Ginny LaRoe Named as FAC’s Programs and Outreach Director

[…] FAC’s Programs and Outreach Director. LaRoe spent more than a decade on staff at newspapers in five states, primarily focused on the criminal justice system and local government. She dealt directly with threats to access, transparency and press freedoms, documenting them in the pages of local newspapers and working behind the scenes to fight […]

July 29, 2019
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First Amendment panel finds promise, pitfalls in social media

Donal Brown
- Press Freedom
November 3, 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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FAC, Media Coalition Fight New Effort to Weaken CA Police Transparency Law
- Government Transparency and Accountability
January 19, 2019
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FAC Wins Important Ruling for Police Transparency in California

[…] up the fight." FAC, joined by public news outlet KQED, sued last year after Becerra’s office refused to turn over records in response to California Public Records Act requests seeking the information newly available after SB 1421 went into effect on Jan. 1, 2019. The law, which covers instances of serious use-of-force, sexual assault […]

January 30, 2020
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FAC suit against San Diego yields previously secret records on police use of invasive cell phone surveillance tool

[…] device has the ability to capture phone conversations and the content of text messages Stingray’s locating of cell phones is highly accurate—-within 2 meters of the phone’s actual location, according to a stipulation signed by the SDPD for the FAC lawsuit. This is significantly more accurate than the information available to police from cell […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
February 2, 2016
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FAC Sues San Francisco Police, Mayor Breed for Records Related to Raid on Journalist

[…] and strained credulity given the Medical Examiner’s March 22 announcement that Adachi’s death was accidental. FAC is asking a judge to order the SFPD and mayor to comply with city and state open records laws by conducting adequate searches for the requested records, including of personal devices and accounts, producing all of the requested […]
- Press Freedom
August 21, 2019
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FAC sues San Diego PD for records on controversial cell phone surveillance technology
- Government Transparency and Accountability
December 17, 2014