BellingenNSWMay 4

Animal welfare in the animal agriculture industry: Copyright law is being used to hide alleged animal abuse.

"...The Australian animal advocacy organisation, Farm Transparency Project, seeks to “force industry transparency and educate consumers” about routine operations in the animal agriculture industry. "

" ...Ag-gag” (agricultural gag) laws...refers to laws whose common feature is to “keep evidence of the unflattering, and sometimes criminal, practices of farms and slaughterhouses from public view”.

"...The reality is that farmed animal welfare is woefully under-regulated. Scandals surrounding the mistreatment of animals are regularly uncovered by activists, journalists and whistleblowers, rather than in the course of standard compliance processes".

"So the High Court must now decide whether the law should allow for such vision to be made public, potentially uncovering grave suffering, or keep it safely out of sight." >>
https://theconversation.com/copyright-law-is-being-used-to-hide-alleged-animal-abuse-heres-whats-at-stake-281344

"High Court to consider who owns rights to abattoir footage captured by activists' secret cameras. Footage shows 'extreme animal cruelty', activists say."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-05/high-court-copyright-challenge-secret-camera-footage-abattoir/106638938
#AnimalCruelty #AnimalWelfare #meat #transparency #regulation #law #AGGag #slaughterhouses #AgricultureIndustry #food #bacon #BBQ #pets #livestock #harm #sousveillance

Copyright law is being used to hide alleged animal abuse. Here’s what’s at stake

When activists film animal cruelty illegally, who owns the footage? And who gets to see it? A case in the High Court of Australia will answer these questions.

The Conversation
Show threadCory DoctorowJan 11, 2024

#10yrsago Chronology of Canadian Tories’ war on science libraries https://scienceblogs.com/confessions/2014/01/10/the-canadian-war-on-science-a-chronological-account-of-chaos-consolidation-at-the-department-of-fisheries-oceans-libraries

#5yrsago #Vizio exec: we’d have to charge a premium on “dumb” TVs to make up for the money we’ll lose by not spying on you https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019

#5yrsago #BigData’s “theory-free” analysis is a statistical malpractice https://www.wired.com/story/the-exaggerated-promise-of-data-mining/

#5yrsago Court strikes down Iowa’s unconstitutional #AgGag law https://shadowproof.com/2019/01/10/iowa-ag-gag-law-aimed-at-suppressing-journalism-against-agribusiness-is-ruled-unconstitutional/

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LaloofahNov 30, 2023
“On November 29, Canada’s House of Commons passed Bill C-275, a federal ag-gag bill that will criminalize the work of animal photojournalists exposing animal abuse on farms. The results of this vote are disheartening – for the animals, the state of photojournalism in our country & the Canadian public…”
#AnimalRights #AgGag #vegan #photojournalism #transparency #Animal_Cruelty
https://weanimalsmedia.org/2023/11/30/our-public-statement-on-canadas-ag-gag-bill-c-275/
Our Public Statement on Canada’s Ag-Gag Bill C-275

On November 29, Canada’s House of Commons passed Bill C-275, a federal ag-gag bill that will criminalize the work of animal photojournalists exposing animal abuse on farms.

We Animals Media
LaloofahOct 29, 2023
#We_Animals #AgGag #vegan
“…animal photojournalism is facing an urgent threat in Canada & the animals at risk need your help.
A proposed new federal ‘ag-gag’ law, Bill C-275, would criminalize documenting farmed animals in Canada...
The individuals caught in our food systems should not be hidden from view by strong lobbyists protecting economic agendas.
As with all animals, their lives are worthy of visibility & protection. We need to be able to tell their stories.”
https://us13.campaign-archive.com/?e=a58d1b9ab1&u=6183d529d57b832dcf9d181af&id=8aaaa9c1b7
Act now: Protect animal photojournalism in Canada

Shannon Meilak - AdvocateJul 7, 2023

Original toot date: 29 March, 2023

Missed the explosive exposé on pig gassing?

Watch it here for free:
https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2301H045S00

Image from: Georgie Purcell MP

#AustralianPork #AusMeatInd #AnimalRights #AnimalCruelty #AnimalWelfare #GoVegan #BanGasChambers #AgGag #AnimalAgriculture #PigFarming #Pigs

Shannon Meilak - ActivistMar 29, 2023

Missed the explosive exposé?
Watch it here for free:
https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2301H045S00

Image from: Georgie Purcell MP

#AustralianPork #AusMeatInd #AnimalRights #AnimalCruelty #AnimalWelfare #GoVegan #BanGasChambers #AgGag #AnimalAgriculture #PigFarming #Pigs

7.30

Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis from Jacob Greber.

ABC iview
Justin (koavf)🌻🍉🇪🇭🌿Jan 30, 2022
Ag-gag and Green Scare panic is stripping animal rights activists of their rights before the law: https://theintercept.com/2022/01/30/animal-rights-activists-dxe-trial-evidence/ #animalrights #directionaction #directactioneverywhere #dxe #animals #nonhumananimals #non-humananimals #activism #law #rights #theintercept #aggag #greenscare #propaganda #oppression
Prosecutors Silence Evidence of Cruel Factory Farm Practices in Animal Rights Cases

The government wants to keep juries from seeing gruesome evidence of animals in distress — the very reason activists are going into farms.

The Intercept
Show threadCerremos VivotecniaJul 20, 2020
Justice for Regan Russell and for all the non human animals who suffer the consequences of speciesism. ¡La lucha sigue! #AgGag #ReganRussell #Ontario #Savepigs4regan #vigil4regan #cancelbill156 @TorontoPigSave @animalsavemvmt
Your Vegan Fallacy IsFeb 28, 2020

Happy 28th of #Februdairy!

Animal Justice's executive director, Camille Labchuk, in a FB Live video explains the current issues around ag-gag legislation in North America as it effects activists, dairy operations, and other agribusiness.

https://www.facebook.com/animaljusticecanada/videos/204345577446283/

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We're posting every day this month on the theme of "Februdairy". See the yvfi.ca site for more vegan-related fallacies.

#AnimalJustice #aggag #dairy #milk #cows #calves #YourVeganFallacyIs #AnimalRights #SocialJustice #Vegan

Your Vegan Fallacy IsNov 27, 2019

Happy 27th of #NoVoiceBer!

When money and political influence become the voice for the voiceless, it's never to the benefit of the victim. Ag-gag laws keep getting proposed by special interest groups, and hopefully will continue to be shot down by lawmakers.

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We're posting every day this month on the theme of "NoVoiceBer"; i.e. the ways other animals are given or denied a voice.

#VeganStreet #aggag #politics #activism #voiceless #YourVeganFallacyIs #AnimalRights #SocialJustice #Vegan