North Carolina’s 2015 law prohibiting activists from on-farm undercover activities has been partially blocked by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The three-judge panel was split two-to-one, giving a partial victory to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and other animal rights activists who said the law violated their first amendment free speech rights. In the court’s summary, judges blocked the law from stopping “protected newsgathering activities PETA wishes to conduct.” Judges say all other parts of the North Carolina law will be decided another day.
