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- Emails Reveal Dairy Lobbyist Crafted 'Ag-Gag' Legislation Outlawing Pictures of Farms
Resource Type: Article Published: 2015 Across the country, legislatures are responding to whistleblowers and activists who have exposed inhumane and at times unsanitary practices at farms by passing laws that criminalize the taking of photos or videos at agricultural facilities. Farming interests have publicly backed the campaign to outlaw recording: in fact, dairy industry lobbyists actually crafted the legislation that was later introduced by lawmakers.
- First Look Media Publishes Warrant 'Canary,' Releases Software for Managing Canaries
Resource Type: Article Published: 2015 Today The Intercepts parent company, First Look Media, published a warrant "canary" -- a statement that attempts to assure readers that the company has not been compelled to comply with a secret government order like a National Security Letter. In addition to this, First Look is publishing AutoCanary: simple, free, open-source software to easily create and manage warrant canaries.
- Harper, Serial Abuser of Power: The Evidence Compiled
The Tyee's full, updated list of 70 Harper government assaults on democracy and the law. Resource Type: Article Published: 2015 Stephen Harper and his Conservatives have racked up dozens of serious abuses of power since forming government in 2006. From scams to smears, monkey-wrenching opponents to intimidating public servants like an Orwellian gorilla, some offences are criminal, others just offend human decency. Here are 70 instances of abuse of power by the Stephen Harper government.
- Revealed: How DOJ Gagged Google over Surveillance of WikiLeaks Volunteer
Resource Type: Article Published: 2015 The Obama administration fought a legal battle against Google to secretly obtain the email records of a security researcher and journalist associated with WikiLeaks.
- Slick Water
Fracking and One Insider's Stand Against the World's Mot Powerful Industry Resource Type: Book Published: 2015 A story of abuses by the fossil fuel industry and governments, telling the story of fracking rhough the lens of a legal battle to expose the truth. Nikiforuk raises stark questions about the role of Big Oil in government, society's obsession with mining low-grade oil and gas formations, and the future of democracy.
- Trafigura
Wikipedia Article Resource Type: Article Published: 2009 Trafigura is a Swiss-based multinational company founded in 1993 trading in base metals and energy, including oil, which has been named or involved in several scandals, especially in Africa.
Experts on Gag Orders in the Sources Directory
- Wikileaks
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