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DOJ releases long-awaited 2022 annual report on news media guidelines
RCFP's Gabe Rottman analyzes one big takeaway and a few other noteworthy items from the report.
September 16, 2024
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Gabe Rottman
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Policy
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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…
August 18, 2024
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Policy
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Access to police body-worn camera video
This map shows current state legislation status and police department policies regarding public access to police worn body camera footage.
August 10, 2024
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Freedom of information
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Pennsylvania passes robust anti-SLAPP protections
It's the latest state to pass a bill based on the Uniform Law Commission’s Public Expression Protection Act.
July 31, 2024
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Emily Hockett
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Libel and privacy
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RCFP urges US Senate to advance, pass PRESS Act
The federal shield bill would provide essential protections for the public’s right to know.
June 7, 2024
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Reporters Committee
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Newsgathering
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UPEPA sweeps the nation
UPEPA is a model anti-SLAPP law designed to fight meritless lawsuits intended to silence speech, often that of journalists.
June 3, 2024
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Emily Hockett
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Libel and privacy
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Arizona bill targeting ‘swatting’ could raise First Amendment concerns
The bill could raise concerns for public interest news reporting and free speech more broadly, but there's an easy fix.
February 5, 2024
By
Emily Hockett
Categorized in
First Amendment
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RCFP analyzes Florida legislation aimed at revisiting defamation law
If passed, the bills would significantly harm journalism in Florida.
March 15, 2023
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Emily Hockett
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Josh Lustig
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Libel and privacy
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RCFP urges revisions to EPA’s proposed FOIA rule
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revise its recently proposed…
January 3, 2023
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Chris Young
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Environment
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RCFP urges US Senate to pass PRESS Act
Update: The letter described below was written in December 2022 and pertains to events surrounding the version of the PRESS…
December 5, 2022
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Chris Young
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