Via Cynopsis Digital, “A congressional panel voted last week to shield journalists, ad-supported bloggers, vloggers and podcasters from having to reveal confidential sources in a variety of situations, defying stated wishes of the Bush administration. The Free Flow of Information Act defines journalism as “gathering, preparing, collecting, photographing, recording, writing, editing, […]
Via Gothamist, “[Activist] Reverend Billy [of the Church of Stop Shopping] was arrested and detained last night while reciting the First Amendment in Union Square. The police claimed his preaching it at this month’s Critical Mass constituted ‘Harassment of a Public Official.’ The NYPD has a history of some controversial arrests at the Critical Mass […]