From Electronic Frontier Foundation
We reviewed what EFF’s Freedom of Information Act requests revealed in the past year. Today, we’ll take a look at the FOIA lawsuits we filed last year and the information we hope the suits will provide.
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Read More… from Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Current Freedom of Information Act Lawsuits
From Social Science Research Network:
It is now received wisdom that a properly functioning democracy requires transparency and accountability — information shared with the public that allows the public to know what its government is doing. It is equally uncontroversial to say that social media allows for an unprecedented amount of informal but structured dissemination and analysis of information.
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Read More… from Research Paper — “The Social Layer of Freedom of Information Law”
From BBC News:
The company has been consulted by the government about bringing its role in awarding qualifications under the Freedom of Information Act.
This is part of a wider debate on the blurring demarcation line between public and private responsibilities and how far a legal right for citizens to get access to information can intrude into the private sector.
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