DeSantis weaponizes trash disposal laws against free press
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Arrests of independent journalists should make headlines too
When cases that don’t involve the mainstream press don’t get the attention they should, it results in bad law that harms the rights of all journalists
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Freeze out: Politicians retaliate against the press using public notices
Anti-press lawmakers are attacking the press by yanking contracts to publish public notices or ending requirements to publish notices in newspapers entirely
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Financial censorship harms press freedom
GoFundMe blocked a publisher and won’t say why. Payment processors should be transparent about decisions to freeze or ban accounts
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Press coalition to courts: Don’t walk back pandemic-era access
Federal courts should continue remote audio access to trials and hearings for public and press
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Police dodge journalists by encrypting radio
The NYPD is the latest force to join this anti-transparency trend
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Proposals targeting Fox News are sure to backfire
Once legislators start singling out disfavored speech for punishment there’s no telling where they’ll stop
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Let’s shore up funding for local news
The Community News and Small Business Support Act would use tax credits to improve local news’s financial outlook
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Congress: Don’t let jet owners cover their tracks on the taxpayer dime
Protect press and public access to private jet flight data
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Return cameras to C-SPAN control and restore transparency
FPF, Demand Progress and more than 40 organizations urge the House to return control of the cameras to C-SPAN to serve the public
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Judge orders disclosure of funders of lawsuit against CNN
Ruling follows disturbing trend of wealthy and connected financiers attacking the press by bankrolling litigation.
