Popularized by Mark Bittman in an April 2011 The New York Times column (but used long before then by advocates), the term ag-gag typically refers to state laws in the United States of America that forbid undercover filming or photography of activity on farms without the consent of their owner—particularly targeting whistleblowers of suspected ...

Over the past decade, the animal-agriculture industry has been behind the introduction of "ag-gag" bills in more than half of all state legislatures across the country. These dangerous bills are designed to silence whistleblowers revealing animal abuses on industrial farms.

2022年6月7日 · Ag-gag laws, also known as “farm security” laws, punish people for recording or exposing the abuses happening within concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). As the name suggests, the laws “gag” anyone trying to gather or share footage documenting animal abuse—making sure the public never sees exactly how much cruelty goes into ...

2024年5月17日 · Ag-gag laws make it illegal to film the inside of factory farms and slaughterhouses without the owner’s permission. While they come in many varieties, the laws typically prohibit a) the use of deception to gain access to an agricultural facility, and/or b) the filming or photographing of such facilities without the owner’s consent.

Ag-gag laws generally fall into one of three categories or a combination of two or all types. The first modern-day ag-gag laws are known as “agricultural interference” laws, and they ban recording images or sounds at industrialized farming operations without the owner’s consent.

2023年12月8日 · Laws that seek to block animal rights activists and others from recording or otherwise documenting alleged abuses of animals or animal cruelty in the agriculture industry, often as part of undercover investigations, are referred to as ag-gag laws.

The term “ag-gag” refers to state laws that intentionally limit public access to information about agricultural production practices, particularly livestock production. Originally created in the 1990s, these laws have recently experienced a resurgence in state legislatures.

In recent years, scores of undercover investigations at factory farms and slaughterhouses across the United States have uncovered serious instances of animal abuse and violations of food-safety and environmental laws.

2021年8月26日 · State laws limiting photography or recordings on agricultural operations without the consent of the owner are commonly called “ag-gag” or “farm security” laws. They became a popular response to numerous releases of undercover videos taken and published, by …

Ag-gag laws intend to hinder an individual or group’s ability to investigate, document, and publicize the conditions and abuses on factory farms. They often establish hefty fines, jail time, or restrictions for anyone convicted of documenting and/or publicizing animal cruelty on …