First Amendment

BREAKING: We’re Suing Idaho to Overturn #AgGag Law Against Filming Animal Cruelty

A diverse coalition of organizations and journalist Will Potter have filed a lawsuit to strike down Idaho’s new “ag-gag” law as unconstitutional.

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Pro-choice? You Should Still Oppose Abortion Clinic Anti-Protest Laws. Here’s why:

Kirsten Powers of the Daily Beast talks with Will Potter about how free speech restrictions place all protesters at risk.

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Reporters Committee Weighs in on #AgGag Fight

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has an excellent article in their magazine about what “ag-gag” laws mean for journalists.

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Ag-Gag Lawsuit Challenges Corporate Attempts to Criminalize Free Speech and Journalism

Animal protection groups and journalists including Will Potter challenge Utah’s ag-gag law in landmark lawsuit.

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Hacking, Leaking, and Investigative Journalism — C-SPAN Video

C-SPAN covers a panel discussion on hacking, whistleblowers, ag-gag laws and more with Will Potter, Gabriella Coleman, and Gráinne O’Neill.

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First Video to Result in #AgGag Prosecution (and Dismissal) — Watch and See Why

Amy Meyer’s video footage of a sick cow at a Utah slaughterhouse, shown here for the first time, was prosecuted under new ag-gag laws that threaten whistleblowers and journalists.

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“This is an industry that wants to operate in total secrecy, and with total immunity” (video)

Abby Martin interviews Will Potter about ag-gag bills for her show “Breaking the Set.”

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NPR Interviews Will Potter on “Ag Gag” Bills, and Labeling Whistleblowers as “Terrorists”

I’m a huge fan of NPR’s “On the Media.” It’s hands-down some of the sharpest, most comprehensive coverage of free speech, privacy, and media issues. So I was thrilled to be back on the program recently talking about “ag gag” bills that threaten undercover investigators, whistleblowers, and even journalists. As NPR’s Brooke Gladstone notes, undercover […]

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Big Ag Wants to Rewrite the Law So That You’ll Never See This

This wave of “ag-gag” bills would criminalize whistleblowers, investigators, and journalists who expose animal welfare abuses at factory farms and slaughterhouses.

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Utah Bill Would Make Videotaping a Factory Farm the Same as Assaulting a Police Officer

Utah is the latest state to consider new laws targeting undercover investigators who expose animal welfare abuses on factory farms through photographs.

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