"The so-called Ag-Gag law, . . .makes it a crime to secretly videotape industrial feedlots and slaughterhouses for the purpose of exposing animal mistreatment and abuse. These laws, on the books in seven states (including NC), purport to be about the protection of private property, but they are nothing more than government-sanctioned censorship of a matter of public interest.
On Aug. 3, a federal judge struck down Idaho’s Ag-Gag law for violating the First Amendment — the first time a court has ruled on such a statute."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/opinion/sunday/exposing-abuse-on-the-factory-farm.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
On Aug. 3, a federal judge struck down Idaho’s Ag-Gag law for violating the First Amendment — the first time a court has ruled on such a statute."
READ MORE ABOUT IT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/opinion/sunday/exposing-abuse-on-the-factory-farm.html?ref=opinion&_r=0