"freedom of information" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2023 September 4, Matthew Weaver, Lisa O'Carroll, “Northern Ireland police chief quits after series of controversies”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "Personal data of all serving members of the PSNI was mistakenly published in response to a freedom of information request.",
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        "A legal right of the general public to obtain information held by a government."
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          "right",
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          "general public",
          "general public"
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        [
          "obtain",
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          "government",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "inpormaciis miɣebisa da gavrcelebis tavisupleba",
          "sense": "right to obtain government information",
          "word": "ინფორმაციის მიღებისა და გავრცელების თავისუფლება"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "inpormaciis miɣebis tavisupleba",
          "sense": "right to obtain government information",
          "word": "ინფორმაციის მიღების თავისუფლება"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "right to obtain government information",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Informationsfreiheit"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "right to obtain government information",
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            "common-gender"
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          "word": "offentlighetsprincip"
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  "word": "freedom of information"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "inpormaciis miɣebisa da gavrcelebis tavisupleba",
      "sense": "right to obtain government information",
      "word": "ინფორმაციის მიღებისა და გავრცელების თავისუფლება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "inpormaciis miɣebis tavisupleba",
      "sense": "right to obtain government information",
      "word": "ინფორმაციის მიღების თავისუფლება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "right to obtain government information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Informationsfreiheit"
    },
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      "sense": "right to obtain government information",
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  "word": "freedom of information"
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