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Reporters Committee statement on USA Today internet records subpoena
The FBI is demanding information from Gannett that could identify the readers of a USA Today article.
June 4, 2021
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Reporters Committee
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Protecting Sources and Materials
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‘Gag order’ tied to demand for Microsoft communications chills reporting
Reporters Committee attorneys argue that a nondisclosure order linked to a government demand for Microsoft communications threatens newsgathering.
November 5, 2019
By
Basma Humadi
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Prior Restraint
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City must pay $538,555 in public records suit over e-mail metadata
A town in Washington state must pay more than half a million dollars to resolve a seven-year lawsuit that brought…
July 2, 2013
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Freedom of Information
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AP chief points to chilling effect after Justice investigation
News of the Department of Justice’s seizure of Associated Press telephone records has already harmed journalism by making sources more…
June 19, 2013
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Libel and Privacy
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District court withdraws metadata opinion after settlement
A federal district court in New York on Friday withdrew an opinion it issued last February in National Day Laborer…
June 23, 2011
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Freedom of Information
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Federal judge orders release of document metadata
For the first time, a federal court has ruled that metadata -- information related to the history, tracking or management…
February 9, 2011
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Freedom of Information
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