Durbin should help stop surveillance expansion
FPF’s Cusack, Stern appeal to their senator in Chicago Sun-Times
‘Imperative’ to pass PRESS Act
Veteran journalist Catherine Herridge threw her full support behind the PRESS Act, the federal bill to put an end to surveillance and subpoenas to force journalists to out their sources, during Congressional testimony on April 11, 2024.
Journalist Catherine Herridge calls for passage of the PRESS Act
Senate must advance legislation to protect journalists and their sources from subpoenas and surveillance
Stop arresting journalists
Just a few months into 2024, the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker has documented four arrests or detentions of journalists covering protests in New York, Tennessee, and California. These arrests violate journalists’ rights, and they undermine the right of the public to learn about newsworthy events happening in their communities. They also show the disturbing and stubborn persistence of a system of policing that either doesn’t know or doesn’t care about First Amendment rights.
UK grants Assange another hearing
On Tuesday, the High Court in London granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange another hearing on his extradition to the United States, averting — at least temporarily — a press freedom catastrophe. While we’re glad that Assange isn’t being immediately extradited, the threat to journalists from the Espionage Act charges against him remains.
Inside the Assange court hearing and why the case threatens press freedom
Discussion highlights implications of Assange prosecution for journalism in US and globally
Congress can’t ban TikTok ‘just in case’
Barring the platform would set a precedent for all sorts of future censorship, including bans on foreign news sites
Tim Burke is a journalist. His prosecution tries to criminalize journalism
President Biden has said that journalism isn’t a crime. But the DOJ seems to think otherwise
UK grants Assange another hearing, avoids press freedom catastrophe — for now
Quote on press freedom impact of today's Assange decision
‘National security’ claims don’t trump First Amendment
Most analyses of Monday’s Supreme Court argument in Murthy v. Missouri, the case about government pressure on social media content moderation, agree that the justices are likely to rule that the government can influence platforms’ moderation decisions. But when it comes to alleged threats to “national security,” some justices seemed willing to let the government go even further by coercing — or even requiring — takedowns.
