Congress has reintroduced the PRESS Act. Now lawmakers must pass it.
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The PRESS Act is the most important press freedom bill in modern history.
The PRESS Act would protect journalists from being forced to reveal their confidential sources in federal court and would stop the federal government from spying on journalists— including through tech companies like Google and Facebook.
Its modern definition of ‘journalist’ would protect reporters big and small from across the political spectrum – whether they work at a mainstream news organization, an alternative outlet, are independent, or freelance. It has broad bipartisan support and has already passed the House unanimously.
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Help pass the PRESS Act.
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Call or Email Your Senator or Representative
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Call or email your member of Congress and urge them to support the PRESS Act so it can become law. Federal law should protect journalists and sources who expose newsworthy information the public needs to know.
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Write to Your Local Paper
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Help advance press freedom by writing newspaper op-eds or letters to the editor in support of the PRESS Act.
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Featured Items
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Don’t give Congress a censor’s pen
A new proposal would harm journalism by empowering Congress to require removal of information about lawmakers from the internet
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Data broker loophole threatens journalists and whistleblowers
Congress should stop law enforcement and intelligence agencies from buying their way around the Fourth Amendment
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Journalists, whistleblowers, and activists must be protected from SLAPPs
A patchwork of state laws and the lack of a federal anti-SLAPP law leave free expression vulnerable to chilling lawsuits
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Congress can end warrantless spying on journalists and other Americans
Surveillance law Section 702 shouldn’t be renewed without significant reforms
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Demand that Fox News reveal confidential source underscores need for PRESS Act
A federal judge implied that the lack of a federal shield law weakens the reporter’s privilege
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Snowden anniversary a reminder of the need to protect whistleblowers and journalists
Disclosures changed history by revealing illegal mass surveillance
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Reported efforts to out journalists’ sources show need for PRESS Act
From congressional letters to administrative summonses, journalists are constantly pressured to burn sources
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Copyright abuses preview a world without Section 230
Congress should not encourage censorship whenever someone baselessly alleges defamation
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Congressional hearing on Twitter Files shows why conservatives need the PRESS Act
It’s not just the “liberal media” that needs protection from politicians pressuring journalists to burn sources
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FTC overreaches by demanding Twitter identify journalists
Potential for surveillance underscores need for federal shield law
