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Connecticut bill would recognize right to record police
Connecticut is considering a bill that would make any police officer "who interferes with a person taking a photographic or…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Publisher threatens legal action over revoked press pass
The San Francisco Police Department in the past 10 months has revoked several press passes previously granted to online media…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Backstage concert video doesn't violate Mich. wiretap law
Rap concert organizers did not violate a police official’s privacy when they recorded the officer’s backstage comments and included them…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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First Amendment protects post on cop-rating website
A Florida federal judge has struck down the law that resulted in the arrest of an individual who published the…Categorized in Prior restraint -
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Police raid editor's home over coverage of new iPhone model
Police raided a California online editor’s home and seized computers and servers after he published articles about the forthcoming version…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Parks police block journalists from covering White House protest
The U.S. Parks Police have accepted responsibility for blocking journalists from covering a protest in front of the White House…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Chicago police subpoena journalism professor's 16-year-old notes
A journalism professor who wrote articles about a now-exonerated teenage murder defendant during graduate school has been subpoenaed by lawyers…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Sheriff's spokesman charges editor with harassment
The spokesman for a North Carolina sheriff's office has filed criminal harassment charges against the editor and publisher of news@norman,…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Colorado police department denies request for electronic messages
A local Colorado police department has refused a television station's request for instant messages exchanged between officers, saying they do…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Rhode Island moves to withhold police shooters' names
The Rhode Island legislature is considering a bill that would block release of the names of police officers who are…Categorized in Freedom of information