The Indiana Senate bill that would make it criminal to take photos of an agricultural or industrial operation without permission of the owner would create an unnecessary new law on the edge of a very slippery slope.
Senate Bill 373 would prohibit taking these photos and publishing them “with intent to harass, defame, annoy, or harm” the property owner.
Annoy? What kind of a legal description is that?
The original bill was improved slightly by an amendment late last week.
But it still is a wrong-headed bill that could step on the First Amendment and make it more difficult to expose wrongdoing.
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