Source: WILSON TIMES, 1/11/19


A federal court ruling in Iowa could signal the unraveling of North Caroina’s harsh, punitive and shortsighted anti-whistleblower law. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa struck down that state’s ag-gag law Wednesday, ruling that making it a crime to gain access to an agricultural production facility under false pretenses violates the First Amendment. Ag-gag laws have spread in an effort to stifle the release of undercover videos showing animal cruelty and inhumane or unsanitary conditions in factory farms.

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