North Carolina ‘Ag Gag’ Law Latest to Fall in Court Ruling

摘要

A federal judge has struck down a North Carolina law that bars employees from passing along data or images froma business’s non-public areas.The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled late Friday that the state’s “PropertyProtection Act” unconstitutionally restricted free speech. Animal rights advocates said that, while broadly written, itwas aimed at preventing them from looking into the mistreatment of animals in agricultural operations.