{
 "topic": "FOIA section 2(f)",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 140/2(f)",
 "family": "Definitions (public body, public record, requesters)",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/foia-2-f/",
 "note": "Determination letters are non-binding. Verify against the source PDF before citing.",
 "counts": {
  "violation_found": 0,
  "no_violation": 2,
  "no_determination": 0,
  "other": 0
 },
 "challenge_notes": null,
 "issues": [
  {
   "issue": "News media exception to recurrent requester status",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Self-published social media pages that lack journalistic standards do not qualify as news media under FOIA.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A police department's designation of a recurrent requester",
    "date": "2023-07-31",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-77333/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 44649, issued December 2, 2016",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-44649/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 33323, issued February 13, 2015",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 34653, issued April 4, 2017",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-34653/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Whether requester qualifies as news media under FOIA",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Self-published websites without editorial oversight or original content do not qualify as news media under section 2(f).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Cellular phone bills and credit card expenditures",
    "date": "2016-12-02",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-44649/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 35187, 35393",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 33323",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Too Much Media, LLC v. Hale, 206 N.J. 209, 20 A.3d 364 (N.J. 2011)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox, 2011 WL 5999334 (D. Or. Nov. 30, 2011)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "O'Grady v. Superior Court, 139 Cal. App. 4th 1423, 44 Cal. Rptr. 3d 72 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Mortgage Specialists, Inc. v. Implode-Explode Heavy Industries, Inc., 160 N.H. 227, 999 A.2d 184 (N.H. 2010)",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}