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In Colorado, another victory for the right to record police
The Tenth Circuit ruled that you have a First Amendment right to record police officers carrying out their public duties.
July 18, 2022
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Mississippi State Department of Health policy discriminates against freelance journalists
The department’s new policy restricting freelance journalists from accessing information is unconstitutional. It’s also bad policy.
June 28, 2022
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New York wades into social media regulation waters with ‘hateful conduct’ law
New York is the latest state to attempt to control how social media platforms moderate content.
June 27, 2022
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Four years after US Supreme Court’s decision in Carpenter, a Fourth Amendment in disarray?
RCFP examines how lower courts have implemented the Supreme Court's 2018 decision in a case concerning location surveillance.
June 21, 2022
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A close look at Justice Alito’s dissent as Supreme Court blocks Texas social media law
Alito drew criticism for raising the state's argument that platforms’ exercise of editorial discretion was in tension with Section 230.
June 6, 2022
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In Supreme Court’s shadow, another important ruling for free speech online
If SCOTUS lets Texas’s content-moderation law stay in effect, the result will be a significant shift in internet law.
May 31, 2022
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In one-sentence ruling, appeals court upends the First Amendment online
The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit could reshape online speech nationwide.
May 16, 2022
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Media coalition condemns LA County sheriff’s threat to investigate LA Times reporter
In a letter to LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, RCFP called his threats “an affront to the First Amendment.”
April 28, 2022
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In Texas clash with Silicon Valley, traditional press freedoms at risk
The push for government-enforced “fairness” in social media content moderation threatens the freedoms of traditional news outlets.
April 18, 2022
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, opinions offer insight into views on First Amendment, FOIA
By far the biggest portion of Judge Jackson’s relevant case record on press freedom issues concerns FOIA litigation.
April 4, 2022
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