DeSantis weaponizes trash disposal laws against free press
FPF statement on DeSantis retaliation against pro-choice ads
Anti-speech lawmakers continue targeting nonprofits
Efforts to weaponize IRS against dissent put nonprofit media outlets at risk
Declassify Khashoggi records now
Too much about Jamal Khashoggi's murder remains hidden, and this secrecy prevents accountability and serves to endanger other journalists.
Time for Biden to declassify Khashoggi intelligence
Reports on the journalist’s murder are still secret. Their release would place democratic principles over a relationship with an authoritarian ruler
Texas authorities extort journalist with his own equipment
Court states the obvious: Citizen journalists have the same First Amendment rights as any other journalists
Lawsuit seeks transparency on Assange prosecution
Advocates, journalists want answers on why the government risked criminalizing routine journalism to pursue Espionage Act charges against WikiLeaks publisher
Frivolous suits stalk journalists in states without anti-SLAPP laws
A Wisconsin court threw out a meritless defamation case against a local paper. So why doesn’t it feel like a victory for the First Amendment?
US hides its best hurricane predictions
We’re in the middle of an especially dangerous hurricane season, but the government’s weather forecaster won’t release its most accurate predictions.
U.S. silence over Al Jazeera speaks volumes about policies on TikTok, RT
The U.S. government's nonresponse to Israel's attacks on the news outlet makes clearer the dangers of authorizing broad and unchecked censorship of foreign platforms
Online speech less protected, thanks to (checks notes) the First Amendment?
Journalists and everyone else still need to fight to protect Section 230
