4/28/2010: Many bloggers are wondering about their legal status in the wake of the seizure of the computers of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen, the guy who blogged about the iphone HD. Is a blog a news organization? Was he a journalist? If so, apparently CA’s “shield law” says the gov’t needs a subpoena, not just a warrant, to search his computer. FWIW, at least according to one US Government agency, UO Matters is a news organization and as such is entitled to expedited FOIA requests and a higher threshold before fees will be charged.
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