WyoFile Publishes Photos in Defiance of State's Censorship Law [1]
October 28, 2015
Wyoming's legislature calls it "data trespass." Really? The state in March 2015 made it illegal to collect and report information about stream pollution or other environmental harm — when it involves entering private land.
The vaguely drawn law has yet to go to court for the inevitable Constitutional challenge.
Meanwhile, a scrappy independent Wyoming publication called WyoFile invited its readers to collect and post such potentially illegal photos. A gallery of them is here. [2]
WyoFile is a nonprofit, grant-funded online publication focused on in-depth public-interest reporting.
- "WyoFile Showcases Potentially Illegal Photos of Wyoming," [2] WyoFile, October 18, 2015.
- Previous Story: WatchDog of May 20, 2015. [3]
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