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BuzzFeed reporter receives subpoena in ongoing Unsworth-Musk defamation lawsuit

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Updated On: October 28, 2019
Date of Incident: August 26, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Ryan Mac (BuzzFeed News)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 26, 2019: Pending

Sept. 13, 2019: Objected to

Oct. 28, 2019: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

BuzzFeed receives third subpoena in ongoing Unsworth-Musk defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated On: October 28, 2019
Date of Incident: August 21, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: BuzzFeed News

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 21, 2019: Pending

Sept. 6, 2019: Objected to

Oct. 28, 2019: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

BuzzFeed receives second subpoena in ongoing Unsworth-Musk defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated On: October 28, 2019
Date of Incident: July 29, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: BuzzFeed News

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 29, 2019: Pending

Aug. 23, 2019: Objected to

Oct. 28, 2019: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

BuzzFeed receives first subpoena in ongoing Unsworth-Musk defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated On: October 28, 2019
Date of Incident: June 14, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: BuzzFeed News

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

June 14, 2019: Pending

July 1, 2019: Objected to

Oct. 28, 2019: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

BuzzFeed News reporter aggressively questioned about reporting at passport checkpoint

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 3, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: David Mack (BuzzFeed News)

Border Point →: John F. Kennedy International Airport
Target Nationality →: Australian
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. permanent resident (green card)
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

BuzzFeed News journalist arrested in Seattle while asking for comment

Incident Details

Updated On: November 19, 2018
Date of Incident: November 4, 2018
Location: Seattle, Washington
Targets: Blake Montgomery (BuzzFeed News)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Seattle Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Nov. 5, 2018: Charges pending

Oct. 2, 2019: Charges dropped
Detention Date →: November 4, 2018
Release Date →: November 5, 2018
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Police union tries to prevent BuzzFeed from releasing NYPD disciplinary records

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 11, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: BuzzFeed News

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Reporters excluded from press briefing

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Date of Incident: February 24, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: BBC News, BuzzFeed News, CNN, Daily Mail, HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, Politico, The Guardian, The Hill, The New York Times

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: White House
Type of denial →: Government event