# Freedom of Information

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## [About the Freedom of Information category](https://discuss.opengovernment.org.uk/t/about-the-freedom-of-information-category/1917)

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**Author:** [@timjhughes](https://discuss.opengovernment.org.uk/u/timjhughes)\
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This category is for discussion of freedom of information commitments for the UK’s fifth Open Government Action Plan. Background The UK government is working with civil society on the UK’s next Open Government National…

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## [Freedom of Information](https://discuss.opengovernment.org.uk/t/freedom-of-information/1996)

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**Author:** [@classic](https://discuss.opengovernment.org.uk/u/classic)\
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**Last updated:** [11 July 2021 21:05 UTC](https://discuss.opengovernment.org.uk/t/freedom-of-information/1996 "2021-07-11T21:05:00Z")

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Freedom of information must mean exactly that. Too often the exemptions are over used to protect who? or what? That is precisely the moment that the law fails to live up to its name.