California City Drops Lawsuit Against Journalists; Admits It Failed To Secure Files Supposedly Accessed Illegally
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210518/19183746825/california-city-drops-lawsuit-against-journalists-admits-it-failed-to-secure-files-supposedly-accessed-illegally.shtml
The city of Fullerton, California spent nearly two years trying to turn some local journalists into criminals. Bloggers, who contributed to the digital publication Friends for Fullerton's Future, dug into files posted publicly by the city and got sued for doing nothing more than anyone with a link to the city's shared folder could have done.
Here's the beginning of this ridiculousness, via the EFF.