California Anti-Paparazzi Law Would Threaten First Amendment Rights

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California Anti-Paparazzi Law Would Threaten First Amendment Rights – NPPA Advocacy Committee

Earlier this summer the California legislature proposed a new “anti-paparazzi” bill, which NPPA opposes. More recently, Actresses Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner testified before the California State Assembly, voicing their support for the bill that carri

via NPPA Advocacy Committee: http://blogs.nppa.org/advocacy/2013/08/16/california-anti-paparazzi-law-would-threaten-first-amendment-rights/

If the bill is ultimately signed in to law, anyone with a camera who tries to get a snapshot of a celebrity’s child could be liable if their conduct “alarms, annoys, torments, or terrorizes the child” and causes “substantial emotional distress.”