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City of Fullerton v. Friends for Fullerton’s Future

Court: California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three Date Filed: Nov. 5, 2019 Updates: On March 12, 2020,…

November 8, 2019

By Chris Young
Categorized in Prior restraint
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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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Reporters Committee statement on U.S. indictment of Julian Assange

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice publicly announced that it had indicted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The announcement followed…

April 11, 2019

By Reporters Committee
Categorized in Announcements
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