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BuzzFeed reporter receives subpoena in ongoing Unsworth-Musk defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

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

New York Times reports that conservative operatives are compiling dossiers on journalists

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: The New York Times

Chilling Statement

CBC National correspondent denied entry into United States

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Carolyn Dunn (CBC News [Canada])

Border point →: Washington, D.C.
Target nationality →: Canada
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. non-resident
Denied entry? →: Yes
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: Unknown
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

CBP agent asks British journalist entering U.S. if he’s part of the ‘fake news media’

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 22, 2019
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: James Dyer (Empire)

Border point →: Los Angeles International Airport
Target nationality →: United Kingdom
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. non-resident
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

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

Subpoena for Iowa journalist’s reporting materials in lottery rigging case dropped

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 16, 2019
Location: Iowa City, Iowa
Targets: Perry Beeman (Independent)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 16, 2019: Pending

Aug. 27, 2019: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Oregon county official accuses local newspaper of criminal conduct

Incident Details

Updated on: December 14, 2019
Date of incident: August 14, 2019
Location: Malheur County, Oregon
Targets: Malheur Enterprise

Chilling Statement

Montgomery County Commission sued for ban on livestreaming chamber proceedings

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 12, 2019
Location: Clarksville, Tennessee
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

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