Free Flow of Information Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Free Flow of Information Act - Provides that a professional disseminator of information is privileged to decline to give evidence concerning the source or contents of information that he obtained during the course of his professional activities if he states under oath either: (1) that the information in question could originally be obtained only by reaching an understanding with the source that the contents of the information or the identity of the source would not be disseminated to the public and would not be given in evidence in any official proceeding except under compulsion of law; or (2) that serious harm to a particular ongoing diseminator-source relationship is likely to result if the contents or source of the information is required to be disclosed. Define "professional disseminator of information" as a person who is engaged in the pratice of obtaining or preparing information for dissemination with the aid of facilities for the mass reproduction of words, sounds, or images in a form available to general public; or is the agent or employee of such a person. Provides that in all disputes concerning a claim of privilege under this Act, the claimant of the privilege has the b…