Reporters argue that new Iowa ag-gag law violates free speech - Entrepreneur Generations

In January, a federal judge struck down a 2012 Iowa law that banned undercover investigations at factory farms and other agricultural operations, saying it violated reporters' First Amendment rights. But in March, the state legislature passed a new, similar law. That law is being challenged in federal court, and on June 27 a coalition the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 22 media organizations filed an amicus brief supporting efforts to end it. Read more here: https://www.rcfp.org/ag-gag-violates-1a/?fbclid=IwAR3Zq3MU6jtvAj_R_0sNJVTDAH8jo-T3-arrmRlHuVKFO20MgKm6R-4moxc

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