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FOIA: Freedom of Information Act
/r/FOIA is a place to post links to documents obtained using the Freedom of Information Act or other public records laws. Feel free to post news stories that relied heavily on FOIA as well if the story also provides the documents used in the reporting. If you have questions about FOIA, ask and we will get you the answers.
8.1k subscribers68 posts / mo in Sep 202652 authors / mosince 2011
r/foia has 8.1k members. It gets about 68 posts a month from 52 people. Top topics: UFO Documents, SheriffDeputiesOffice and Richmond City Issues.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- UFO Documents0.3%
- SheriffDeputiesOffice0.3%
- Richmond City Issues0.3%
- ProtonMail Apps & Email0.3%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Substack
- The Intercept
- Virginia
- 404media
- Bloomberg L.P.
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