The owner of a popular YouTube channel has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that organizers of the Burning Man festival prevented filmmakers from recording cleanup efforts in 2024 by using public law enforcement as private security.

Sparks resident Robert Forney and his daughter Emma Forney claim their fundamental rights to free speech and free expression were violated after several people with the popular festival , which takes place annually in Northern Nevada, “aggressively accosted them and threatened them,” according to a 17-page complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.

A nearly two-hour video posted to Facebook on Aug. 30 appears to challenge the festival’s claim it is the world’s largest so-called “leave no trace” event. The video, titled ‘What

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