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Florida wants journalists to self-censor
Plus: Indiana authorities must drop charges against photojournalist
Florida lawmakers want online news outlets to self-censor
Supposedly pro-tort reform legislature invites frivolous lawsuits against the press
Celebrate the truth. Don’t weaken Texas anti-SLAPP law
Speaking the truth shouldn’t subject you to drummed-up lawsuits, endless legal proceedings, and potentially bankrupting legal fees, journalist Charles Ornstein told us
Prosecution of Indiana journalist furthers national anti-press climate
Journalists must be allowed to cover protests and their aftermath
Don’t break Texas anti-SLAPP law
Plus: Will Democrats make it so expensive to run a social media platform that only those loyal to Trump can stay in business?
‘Fox & Friends’ no friends to free press
Recent comments by ‘Fox & Friends’ co-hosts that police should ‘go after’ a journalist for reporting the news are as shortsighted as they are wrong
Hands off Texas anti-SLAPP law
We asked a SLAPP defendant and her lawyer to explain how proposed changes to Texas law could harm consumers and free speech
Durbin must rethink repeal of online free speech law
Eliminating Section 230 would harm journalism by giving the largest social media outlets a monopoly
Press pool takeover drowns First Amendment
Plus: Why Senate must not confirm Ed Martin
How Trump’s press pool takeover harms public — including red states
A press pool that is handpicked by the government is by definition not a free press.
