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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
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DOJ revises prosecutors’ manual on news media guidelines
The revised section of the "Justice Manual" includes some notable points of interest for journalists.
February 20, 2024
By
Gabe Rottman
Categorized in
Newsgathering
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A record sentence in the ‘Vault 7’ leak case
Joshua Schulte's 40-year sentence is the longest to date for the unauthorized disclosure of national defense information.
February 12, 2024
By
Gabe Rottman
Categorized in
National Security
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When spurious ‘hacking’ claims chill journalism
The idea that viewing a site’s source code amounts to hacking is, to put it gently, ridiculous.
October 25, 2021
By
Grayson Clary
Categorized in
Newsgathering
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California city backs down from misguided ‘hacking’ lawsuit against bloggers
The city of Fullerton has abandoned a lawsuit that had dangerous implications for data journalism.
May 26, 2021
By
Grayson Clary
Categorized in
Prior Restraint
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Supreme Court justices sound skeptical note on government’s view of anti-hacking law
The justices’ questioning about the scope of the anti-hacking law should give the Justice Department some reason for concern.
December 7, 2020
By
Grayson Clary
Categorized in
Policy
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US Supreme Court to hear arguments on hacking law, First Amendment implications
RCFP has argued that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act significantly chills First Amendment activity.
November 30, 2020
By
Mailyn Fidler
Categorized in
Policy
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This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: July 12, 2020
Here’s what the staff of the Technology and Press Freedom Project at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press…
July 13, 2020
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Reporters Committee
Categorized in
Policy
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Media coalition urges Supreme Court to narrow scope of federal hacking law to protect newsgathering
A lower court’s broad interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act could chill newsgathering.
July 9, 2020
By
Sasha Peters
Categorized in
Newsgathering
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Scraping public websites likely doesn’t violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, court holds
Federal appeals court ruling has potentially major implications for data journalists, favorable for newsgathering
September 19, 2019
By
Lyndsey Wajert
and
Gabe Rottman
Categorized in
Newsgathering
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Reporters Committee analysis of U.S. government indictment of Julian Assange – Part II
In response to our analysis of the Justice Department’s Computer Fraud and Abuse Act conspiracy charge against Julian Assange, we’ve…
April 16, 2019
By
Gabe Rottman
Categorized in
Special Analysis
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