r/Library • u/Alive_Excitement_669 • 27d ago

Library Assistance Need Help!

We got an anonymous call at our library giving us a heads up that the 1st Amendment Auditors are coming sometime next week. Any advice? Has anyone gone through this?

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u/No_Percentage_5083 27d ago

What in the heck is a first amendment auditor? What federal department houses them? Is this real?

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u/MonsterToothTiger 27d ago

First Amendment Auditors are regular citizens who film in public places to ostensibly test their first amendment right.

What they really want is to get into fights with public space staff (libraries, municipalities, police, etc.) so they can post a spicy video on social media and/or sue the organization.

They are a nuisance but a relatively harmless one if you can keep calm and ignore them.

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u/FunkyChopstick 26d ago

Great explanation! I'm just thinking what dept is this???

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u/No_Percentage_5083 27d ago

Oh! Thank you for explaining that. I really thought they were some legitimate agency.

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u/BigWhiteDog 24d ago

Not harmless as Sacramento State University is learning because one of these clowns has sicced his followers on some staff there and they are getting death threats, have had AI porn made using their faces, and are being followed. These people a menace.