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Understanding Anti-SLAPP laws

What is Anti-SLAPP? Short for strategic lawsuits against public participation, SLAPPs have become an all-too-common tool for intimidating and silencing…

July 18, 2019

Categorized in Policy
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Federal cases involving unauthorized disclosures to the news media, 1778 to the present

The chart below visualizes the increase in the number of Espionage Act cases against media sources, or "leakers," and how…

December 20, 2018

By Gabe Rottman
Categorized in Protecting Sources and Materials
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Access to police body-worn camera video

State legislation and police department policies regarding public access to police body cameras

July 10, 2015

Categorized in Freedom of Information
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This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: Feb. 23, 2020

Here’s what the staff of the Technology and Press Freedom Project at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press…

February 24, 2020

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Special analysis: Why did the NYPD cite an ‘anti-terrorism’ law when it subpoenaed a reporter’s Twitter account?

The NYPD ultimately withdrew its demand, but the department’s initial overreach raises serious concerns for journalists.

February 21, 2020

By Gabe Rottman
Categorized in Protecting Sources and Materials
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Tennessee media lawyer Paul McAdoo will join the Reporters Committee as Local Legal Initiative attorney

The Reporters Committee announced today that Paul McAdoo will join the organization March 2 as a Local Legal Initiative attorney…

February 21, 2020

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Categorized in Announcements
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New Jersey court: Reports on police use of force against minors are public records

Court says redacting a minor’s name satisfies the public’s right to access information and the child’s right to privacy.

February 20, 2020

By Luke Henkhaus
Categorized in Freedom of Information
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Virginia legislators pass bills aimed at dismissing frivolous lawsuits restricting First Amendment rights

As Virginia legislators finalize legislation, RCFP examines the pros, cons of the two anti-SLAPP bills passed last week.

February 20, 2020

By Melissa Wasser
Categorized in Libel and Privacy
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This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: Feb. 16, 2020

Here’s what the staff of the Technology and Press Freedom Project at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press…

February 18, 2020

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This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: Feb. 9, 2020

Here’s what the staff of the Technology and Press Freedom Project at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press…

February 10, 2020

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RCFP analysis: How would the Greenwald charges fare under the First Amendment?

Reporters Committee attorneys argue that the charges would likely present a First Amendment violation in the United States.

February 6, 2020

By Gabe Rottman and Lyndsey Wajert
Categorized in Newsgathering
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Memphis crime commission to disclose police funding records as part of settlement with The Marshall Project

The agreement is in response to a 2018 public records lawsuit filed by attorneys for RCFP, Adams and Reese LLP.

February 6, 2020

By Daniel Jeon
Categorized in Freedom of Information
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This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: Feb. 2, 2020

Here’s what the staff of the Technology and Press Freedom Project at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press…

February 3, 2020

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This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: Feb. 23, 2020

Special analysis: Why did the NYPD cite an ‘anti-terrorism’ law when it subpoenaed a reporter’s Twitter account?

Tennessee media lawyer Paul McAdoo will join the Reporters Committee as Local Legal Initiative attorney

New Jersey court: Reports on police use of force against minors are public records

Virginia legislators pass bills aimed at dismissing frivolous lawsuits restricting First Amendment rights

This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: Feb. 16, 2020

This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: Feb. 9, 2020

RCFP analysis: How would the Greenwald charges fare under the First Amendment?

Memphis crime commission to disclose police funding records as part of settlement with The Marshall Project

This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: Feb. 2, 2020

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Pennsylvania court unseals court records in boarding school discrimination case

RCFP urges judge to make letters from Bernie Madoff’s victims public

Reporters Committee announces 2020 Freedom of the Press Award honorees

Support the Local Legal Initiative

Understanding Anti-SLAPP laws

Federal cases involving unauthorized disclosures to the news media, 1778 to the present

Access to police body-worn camera video

This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: Feb. 23, 2020

Special analysis: Why did the NYPD cite an ‘anti-terrorism’ law when it subpoenaed a reporter’s Twitter account?

Tennessee media lawyer Paul McAdoo will join the Reporters Committee as Local Legal Initiative attorney

New Jersey court: Reports on police use of force against minors are public records

Virginia legislators pass bills aimed at dismissing frivolous lawsuits restricting First Amendment rights

This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: Feb. 16, 2020

This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: Feb. 9, 2020

RCFP analysis: How would the Greenwald charges fare under the First Amendment?

Memphis crime commission to disclose police funding records as part of settlement with The Marshall Project

This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: Feb. 2, 2020

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