How Factory Farms Attempted to Criminalize Journalism to Block Viral Videos of Animal Cruelty (www.rollingstone.com)

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Various ag-gag attempts have been passed, but shot down in courts, so I updated the title from the original to clarify that they weren't necessarily 100% successful despite their persistence in trying and getting them passed in states

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[-] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 week ago

The FBI once named the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) as the No.1 domestic terrorist group despite them having never attacked anyone.

[-] Subdivide6857@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

Ultra-American.

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Unfortunately it's now no longer just limited to the US. Australia has some Ag-gag laws, Various Canadian provinces have tried and there is active ongoing litigation of one in Ontario, and France has some Ag-gag laws

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