Pass the PRESS Act
The PRESS Act is the most important press freedom bill in modern history.
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Stop Arresting Journalists
Too often, police arrest journalists for doing their jobs. These arrests and prosecutions chill important reporting.
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Reform Government Secrecy
The U.S. classifies far too many secrets, obstructing democracy.
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Coalition demands authorities drop prosecution of Oregon journalist
Police need to stop arresting journalists covering protests. When they do, prosecutors need to drop the cases immediately
11 years after Snowden revelations, government still expanding surveillance
New ‘spy draft law’ and ongoing retaliation against those who expose government secrets show there’s a long way to go in combating overreach
Federal law must fix loophole allowing abusive lawsuits targeting speech
With no federal anti-SLAPP law, journalists and others remain vulnerable to frivolous lawsuits that chill First Amendment rights
Sen. Durbin, advance the PRESS Act
Sen. Dick Durbin has a rare chance to strengthen freedom of the press right now by advancing the bipartisan PRESS Act, a bill to protect journalist-source confidentiality at the federal level. But he needs to act quickly. This week, Freedom of the Press Foundation led a coalition of 123 civil liberties and journalism organizations and individual law professors and media lawyers in a letter to Durbin, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, and ranking member Sen. Lindsey Graham, urging them to schedule a markup of the PRESS Act right away.
Sen. Durbin should advance the PRESS Act before time runs out
Floyd Abrams, Marion County Record, 121 others endorse federal shield bill
Assange decision: A wake-up call for US
On Monday, the High Court in London granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leave to appeal his extradition to the United States. The court’s decision is a welcome one. But as Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) wrote in The Guardian, it's "painfully ironic" that a U.K. court is defending the First Amendment against U.S. overreach. The ruling should be a “wake-up call” for President Joe Biden
Media Matters layoffs underscore need to crack down on SLAPPs
Billionaires and politicians don't need to actually win their lawsuits to hurt already struggling media outlets
Israel’s seizure of AP equipment shows slippery slope of censorship
Recent legislation here is just as prone to abuse as the law Israel used to punish Al Jazeera and then the Associated Press
Settlement hasn’t stopped NYPD’s press abuses at protests
‘Catch and release’ arrests, kettling are among the problematic practices employed by officers responding to Israel-Gaza war protests
Prosecutors must drop charges against Oregon journalist
Authorities in Portland should know better than to prosecute reporters for covering protests and their aftermath
