Accidental disclosures ... and prior restraints

If a government agency inadvertently releases unredacted versions of records in response to a public records request, can the agency turn around and claw back those records? Can the agency demand the requester not publish the information, or  – even more extreme  – have the already-published information taken down?

Anyone with even a minimal understanding of the First Amendment knows that the answer to these questions should be an unequivocal "no." But that hasn't stopped some government agencies from trying.

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