Court Voids Idaho Ban On Secret Farm Videos

On Thursday, a federal appeals court declared Idaho’s bans on shooting secret videos and lying to enter factory farms to expose animal abuse was unconstitutional and a violation of free speech rights. Circuit Judge Margaret McKeown called the video ban a “classic example of a content-based restriction that cannot survive strict scrutiny.” She also said the ban on making misrepresentations to enter facilities was void because it could criminalize innocent behavior.