shield law

shield law

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• na.〈美〉新闻保障法
• 网络盾牌法；消息来源保护法；盾法

英汉解释

na.	1. 〈美〉新闻保障法;原告[证人]权利保障法(保护检举人或证人的法律)

英英解释

n.	1. in North America, a law that protects a journalist from being forced to reveal the name of a source who provided information confidentially

例句

The Supreme Court said reporters cannot be forced to identify confidential sources - a protection granted by the state's Shield Law.

高等法院裁决认为记者不能被强迫披露秘密消息来源——这是受州新闻保护法所保护的。

The transcript included the name of the alleged victim, information that was secret under the Colorado rape shield law.

该文字记录中包含受害者的名字，而根据科罗拉多州的强奸受害者保护法，这一信息不得公开。

A California court ruled that the state shield law protected the identities of bloggers who revealed Apple Computer's trade secrets.

加利福尼亚州某法院裁定，加州的保护法保护泄露苹果电脑公司（AppleComputer）商业秘密的博客作者的身份。

The White House opposes the shield law legislation.

白宫方面反对这项法案。

But Olson said passing a federal shield law "makes a lot of sense" because so many U. S. states have enacted comparable legislation.

但奥尔森说，通过联邦消息来源保护法是合情合理的，因为美国许多州已经制订了类似法律。