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  1. Techdirt [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·

    The DOJ ‘Forgot’ To Mention The Law Restricting Searches Of Journalists. The Judge Is Not Happy

    fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tech

    #washingtonpost #1stamendment #aurelioperezlugones #doj #fbi #freespeech
  2. Nonilex @[email protected] ·

    Porter also sharply criticized prosecutors for not briefing him in their search warrant application on a federal #law that protects #reporters against searches in many situations: the #PrivacyProtectionAct of 1980. Their failure to inform him about the law before he approved the warrant in the case “has seriously undermined the Court’s confidence in the government’s disclosures in this proceeding,” he wrote.

    #law #democracy #FreePress #journalism #Trump #authoritarianism #fascism

    #law #reporters #privacyprotectionact #democracy #freepress #journalism
  3. Techdirt [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·

    The FBI Raided A Reporter’s Home, Ignoring Laws Designed To Prevent Exactly That

    fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tech

    #washingtonpost #1stamendment #aurelioperezlugones #classifieddocuments #fbi #freedomofthepress
  4. PrivacyDigest @[email protected] ·

    New guide helps #journalists know their #rights when #police come knocking

    When police applied for a #warrant to raid the #MarionCountyRecord, they didn’t bother mentioning the #PrivacyProtectionAct of 1980 — a federal law that largely bans #newsroom seizures
    #privacy #civilrights

    freedom.press/news/new-guide-h

    #civilrights #privacy #newsroom #privacyprotectionact #marioncountyrecord #warrant