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O'Donovan, Caroline. "Hacking in the newsroom? What journalists should know about the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 3 Mar. 2014. Web. 20 Mar. 2025.
APA
O'Donovan, C. (2014, Mar. 3). Hacking in the newsroom? What journalists should know about the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 20, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/03/hacking-in-the-newsroom-what-journalists-should-know-about-the-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act/
Chicago
O'Donovan, Caroline. "Hacking in the newsroom? What journalists should know about the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 3, 2014. Accessed March 20, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/03/hacking-in-the-newsroom-what-journalists-should-know-about-the-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act/.
Wikipedia
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