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    Memo to Future Historians of the Trump Presidency: Good Luck. You’ll Need It.

    […] technology that fosters confidentiality in our private communications.  Encryption is the word of the day for journalists, sources, and others -- for good reason. But communications by government officials about government work are, by definition, not "private" communications--regardless of the medium by which those messages are transmitted.  (One exception would be confidential communications between […]

    August 4, 2017

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    FAC, EFF and Wired win unsealing of documents in hip-hop website seizure case

    BY DEBORAH FRUIN--A federal district court in Los Angeles has unsealed records related to a government shutdown of a music blog/website, Dajaz1.com, for suspicion of copyright piracy. The unsealing had been requested by FAC, Wired, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Using a forfeiture authority usually invoked to seize cars and houses in drug cases, […]

    May 16, 2012

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    FAC Seeks Nominations for 2018 Free Speech & Open Government Award

    The First Amendment Coalition is soliciting nominees for the FAC Free Speech & Open Government Award, given each year for performance of exemplary work in the arena of open government. Qualifications for the award are outstanding accomplishment, service or other contributions to "the people’s right to know" about government. The winner, or winners, could […]

    August 15, 2018

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    FAC Honors Open Vallejo, Kaiser Health News, and The Maine Monitor with Annual Award

    […] IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2023 Contact: [email protected] SAN RAFAEL – The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the winners of its 2022 Free Speech and Open Government Award: three journalists who strategically used public records to expose government misconduct and failures of accountability. Some of this work resulted in significant government reforms. Through […]

    February 27, 2023

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    The Legal Hotline gives users quick, free access to FAC’s lawyers for questions about access to public records and your right to attend government meetings in California; access to court documents and proceedings in California and federal courts; and First Amendment protections for freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

    June 12, 2024

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    A close look at Google’s handling of governments’ censorship demands

    […] of "compliance" with governmental take-down demands fell to 43 percent overall in the July-December 2012 period (48 percent for court orders). That Google acquiesces at all to government demands to remove content may come as a surprise to many.  After all, Google withdrew its search business from China, the world's biggest internet market, to […]

    April 26, 2013

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    2007 CFAC Free Speech & Open Government Assembly

    […] Amendment Coalition is seeking nominations for its annual Beacon and Darkness awards, given in recognition of exceptional efforts, during 2006 and 2007, to advance and defend open- government and freedom of speech (Beacon Awards), and the opposite: exceptional efforts to curtail public access and free expression (Darkness Awards). Deadline for award nominations is September […]

    June 3, 2009

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    First Amendment Social Media

    Can the City ban negative online posting by public employees, officials?

    The First Amendment, with some exceptions, generally prevents the government from limiting citizens’ speech. Employers, with some exceptions, generally have the ability to limit what their employees can say on behalf of the company or while engaged in work functions. Thus, an interesting dynamic is generated when, as in this situation, the government is […]

    March 5, 2015

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    First Amendment Social Media

    Former Employer Blocked My Twitter Account Stopping Me From Accessing COVID-19 Info

    […] question: can I file a lawsuit or complaint and possibly receive damages for them violating my First Amendment right of receiving free speech and notices from a government organization, and -- because of the block -- possibly blocking my right as a free American in posting on social media my displeasure with a publicly […]

    August 7, 2020