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Idaho law criminalizes secretly filming on farms

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Idaho law criminalizes secretly filming on farms

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Post by keeshawn »

"Debate about laws governing filming on farms in Idaho started in 2012 when someone hired by Mercy for Animals got a job at a Bettencourt Dairies operation in Hansen and filmed workers caning, beating and sexually abusing cows.

The video was used to prosecute employees at the dairy, and it convinced Idaho’s dairy industry to create a worker training program to help prevent animal abuse. But it also set in motion a concerted effort by the dairy industry to make sure such embarrassing videos weren’t made in the state again."

Idaho law criminalizes secretly filming on farms
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Post by cscurmudgeon »

cdoxsey wrote: post #2

Makes sense. A farm is private property. You don't have the right to come into my house or my place of work and film me. (Even if you suspect I'm doing something wrong) Also makes sense that falsifying a resume in order to do so would be illegal.

There are already trespassing laws which prevent that. This is just plain thuggery.

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Post by ama729 »

Of all things, you would think that the first amendment would protect such a thing, can any lawyer weight on that?

> The measure passed Idaho’s Senate earlier in February to the applause of agricultural representatives who said it would help ensure farmers’ right to privacy.

There is a certain irony in the US that everyone can get privacy, except private citizen.

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Post by bbosh »

cdoxsey wrote: post #2

Makes sense. A farm is private property. You don't have the right to come into my house or my place of work and film me. (Even if you suspect I'm doing something wrong) Also makes sense that falsifying a resume in order to do so would be illegal.

But what if you are filming from the public street/highway. Surely that should be legal?
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