Freedom of Information Act
 Freedom of Information Act  (law)   | |
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| Interest of | • MuckRock News • Programmed To Kill • Caitlin Russell • Ryan Shapiro • The Smoking Gun |
There are different Freedom of Information Act(s) by jurisdiction.[1]
Contents
United States
The Freedom of Information Act is a federal freedom of information law that requires the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government upon request.[2]
CIA
In the US, the CIA claims the right to refuse to release classified documents it had previously "leaked" to journalists.[3]
Ryan Shapiro
Ryan Shapiro is regarded by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as the "most prolific" FOIA requester, his work helped expose the Dallas occupy plot.
United Kindom
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that creates a public "right of access" to information held by public authorities.[4]
“It appears that Freedom of Information (hereinafter FOI) laws have never been loved by their parents. When US President Lyndon Johnson signed the world's first FOI Act into law in 1966, he was so keen not to be associated with it that – uniquely among modern Presidential enactions – there was no photographer present to capture the historic moment. It is fitting that Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, who gave the UK its own FOI Act, has since attempted to disassociate himself from the law he presented to the Queen for Royal Assent in 2000.”
Garrick Alder (2017) The British state’s failed attempt to kill off the Freedom of Information Act [5]
Australia
In Australia, the Freedom of Information Act 1982 was passed at the federal level in 1982, applying to all "ministers, departments and public authorities" of the Commonwealth. The act was amended in 2010 under the Rudd Government, establishing the government office of the information commissioner, to further promote freedom of information.[6]
Examples
| Page name | Description |
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| Freedom of Information Act 2000 | |
| US/Freedom of Information Act | A now more or less defunct law, widely flouted by many organs of the US government. |
References
- ↑ http://archive.today/2020.05.31-140747/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_information_laws_by_country
- ↑ https://www.foia.gov/
- ↑ https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180427/18163239731/courts-says-cia-can-dump-classified-info-to-members-public-still-deny-theyve-been-publicly-released.shtml
- ↑ https://www.gov.uk/make-a-freedom-of-information-request
- ↑ Lobster Magazine #74
- ↑ https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/how-to-make-an-foi-request/
