Rights remain under attack by ICE
Plus: Deported journalist speaks out
When the law’s on your side but ICE isn’t
Protests•NewsletterPlus: Administration ignores flotilla abuses
Fight for press freedom as ICE attacks Chicago
Protests•NewsletterPlus: Tell your lawmakers to strengthen presidential library transparency
ICE is on a rampage against the press
Arrests/Prosecutions•NewsletterPlus: Journalist Mario Guevara has been deported
Mobilize for Mario Guevara like you did for Jimmy Kimmel
ICE•NewsletterPlus: How noncitizen journalists can prepare for ICE
Help us stop attacks on journalists and transparency
Oligarchs•NewsletterPlus: CBS’s real bias monitor is Donald Trump
Recording police is not ‘violence’
ICE•NewsletterPlus: Will secret law prevail in drug boat massacre?
Government's excuses for Öztürk secrecy are insulting
ICE•NewsletterPlus: Stop congressional secrecy bill
New strategies to help journalists in Gaza
Israel/Gaza•NewsletterPlus: Disbar anti-press prosecutor
LAPD lies about attack on reporters
Protests•NewsletterPlus: Israel kills journalists in Gaza to silence reporting
Paramount’s $36 million babysitter
Trump•NewsletterPlus: FPF’s barrage of FOIAs seeks to combat secrecy
LA journalists reflect on protest attacks
Protests•NewsletterPlus: New Jersey prosecutors ignore Constitution
Paramount’s spineless capitulation
Trump•NewsletterPlus: Exposing atrocities against Palestinian journalists
Trump-Paramount mediation is toxic for all involved
Trump•NewsletterA billboard in New York City’s Times Square urges Paramount Global not to settle Trump’s frivolous lawsuit to pay for the administration’s approval of a merger.
How to help journalists covering protests
Protests•NewsletterPlus: Agencies hijack the ‘public interest’ to attack free speech
Journalists under attack in LA
Protests•NewsletterPlus: All-star lawyers join FPF’s effort to stop Paramount settlement
Snowden revelations take on added urgency
Whistleblowers•NewsletterPlus: Texas is about to ban college kids talking at night
FOIA-based reporting should be free
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: Tell Congress that FOIA must apply to ICE’s secret prisons
Tips for filing FOIA requests during a government shutdown
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: Secret law provides cover for more killings
John Oliver rips presidential library loophole
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: There shouldn’t be secret law. Pam Bondi didn’t get the memo
Trump has made most of his national security memos public. Except one
Secrecy•NewsletterPlus: How is the FBI responding to FPF’s FOIA requests? Not well.
We sued the government over excessive secrecy three times this week
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: New report shows classification mistakes are rampant
Will the FBI tell us if it knew Charlie Kirk was in danger?
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: 9/11 records turn 25 next year. They should be automatically declassified.
How bad is secrecy? We don't know legal basis for killing 11
Secrecy•NewsletterPlus: The JD Vance meme is harmless. But detaining someone for 18 hours over it and denying having any information about the detainment isn’t
You filed a FOIA, then the agency wrongly demanded ID. What now?
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: more updates from FPF’s FOIA trenches, and how news deserts enable government secrecy.
Most classified records don’t deserve protection — or justify an FBI raid
Secrecy•NewsletterThere are a lot of good reasons to hate John Bolton. This isn’t one of them
The Energy Department is trying to close your FOIA request
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: What we’re doing about Trump’s D.C. takeover
What happened the day the BLS chief was fired? An FPF FOIA seeks answers
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: the Church Committee uncovered the CIA’s worst spying abuses. Some of the committee’s own records may soon be declassified
620 days to find one document in response to FPF FOIA? That’s why we sued
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: Our top 10 FOIA requests and how you can help
Don’t let Washington’s city council weaken FOIA
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: A good ruling in New York cuts down on police misconduct secrecy
ICE lawyers are trying to keep their names secret. We can’t let them
Secrecy•NewsletterPlus: Sen. Warren’s new anti-corruption bill targets Trump’s presidential library
ICE shouldn’t be allowed to run de facto secret prisons
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: Transparency isn’t a fireable offense. Tulsi Gabbard didn’t get the memo
Trump says leaks damage national security. Don’t take his word for it
Secrecy•NewsletterPlus: Claims Paramount settlement money will go towards a library deserve heavy scrutiny
Declassify leaked Iran report to see if Trump is lying on intel — again
NewsletterPlus: IRS joins growing list of agencies with gutted FOIA offices
Tips for requesting body-worn camera footage from the L.A. protests
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: Don’t miss FPF’s upcoming virtual FOIA event
FPF FOIA project targets press abuses
FOIA•NewsletterPlus: Gabbard wants the intelligence community to embrace AI. Will that be good for declassification?
Snowden surveillance disclosures should be revisited as DOGE builds its “master database”
Secrecy•NewsletterPlus: Justice Department lets former White House officials accused of stealing presidential records keep them.
Phishing scams are all trick, no treat
Expert analysis•NewsletterOnline scamming has become an industry.
Great for costume ideas, bad for cybersecurity
Network security•NewsletterState-sponsored hacking collectives are myriad, but let’s focus on one
A warren of subterranean hallways
Device safety•NewsletterIf you are traveling to the U.S. soon, you can be forgiven if your mind starts racing and the words on your screen start blurring together
Data vampires … we mean, brokers
Account security•NewsletterThat unsettled feeling you get when you are served an all-too-accurate advertisement? Data brokers at work
Warning: Time to move away from Windows 10
Device safety•NewsletterWith Windows dropping support for Windows 10, you’ll need to upgrade — or consider another operating system entirely!
iPhone 17’s killer feature: Memory safety
Device safety•NewsletterApple’s new phone series has a secret superpower that will make mercenary spyware much harder to deploy
Verizon in hot water for selling location data
Device safety•NewsletterFor one industry mining your data alongside telecom providers, it’s all about location, location, location
Signal’s new Secure Backup feature
Communication security•NewsletterRight now it’s on Android beta, iOS and desktop are on their way soon, too.
ICE revives contract for spyware
Malware•NewsletterTargeted malware is the sharpest edge of the spear, but simple steps also do a great deal to lower your risk of attack
Device searches hit record numbers at U.S. border
Device safety•NewsletterThe rise in device searches at U.S. ports of entry is consistent with ongoing upward trend — but there are things you can do to prepare
Added to the ICE group chat
Communication security•NewsletterICE officers used unsecured text messages to communicate about a target marked for deportation. Then, they added a stranger
Defend against phone number theft
Account security•NewsletterAT&T rolled out a new feature to help customers lock down their accounts. But it’s not just AT&T — your phone company may have their own version as well
Lock down those Firefox add-ons
Account security•NewsletterMozilla warns of phishing attacks targeting developers of Firefox add-ons
Apple’s least fun alerts
Malware•NewsletterResearch shows that in recent months, Apple has notified at least a dozen Iranian iPhone users of targeted spyware, including those in civil society
Meta fixes bug that leaked AI chats
Communication security•NewsletterA security researcher found that by altering the ID attached to Meta AI prompts, he could get their chatbot to spit out someone else’s prompt and AI-generated responses
AI impersonation in the White House
Expert analysis•NewsletterJournalistic skepticism is pretty normal. But now we need to question someone’s literal voice. That’s a bit new
Airline data is flying all over the place
Account security•NewsletterGetting back to the basics can help you mitigate the impact of mass data breaches
Oh, Brother (printers)!
Device safety•NewsletterThe best time to patch your connected devices is all the time
Should you try Google Advanced Protection?
Device safety•NewsletterIt’s the digital security training team at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), with security news that keeps you, your sources, and your devices safe. If someone shared this newsletter with you, please subscribe here.Android 16 drops — and with it, Advanced Protection modeJournalists and other at-risk …
Journalist searched and detained at US airport
Device safety•NewsletterCBP searched an Australian journalist’s phone. He noted he was questioned over materials in his blog, social media posts, and reporting
J-school security curriculum: new resource pack!
Announcements•NewsletterCheck out the new resource pack for our “Digital security 101 — Crossing the US-Mexico border” module.
J-school security curriculum: reviewed and refreshed!
Announcements•NewsletterOn the heels of our new module focused on U.S. southern border journalism, we are happy to announce a range of additional updates to modernize the rest of the J-school curriculum.
J-school security curriculum: New module!
Announcements•NewsletterWe’re thrilled to announce a new module focused on U.S. southern border journalism
J-school security curriculum: DeepSeek leak and more ‘fun’ news
NewsletterWell, at least there’s a lot of stuff to talk to your class about
J-school security curriculum: Into the Dangerzone
NewsletterWe’ve added new slides to our Malware module to help instructors get started sharing the good word about Dangerzone.
J-School Digital Security Curriculum: September Update
NewsletterHello again!It’s Martin, principal researcher at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), with our regular update on the U.S. Journalism School Digital Security Curriculum.J-school security curriculum highlightsTo account for new username and privacy options in recent versions of Signal, we made some small changes to the …
J-School Digital Security Curriculum: July Update
NewsletterHello again!It’s Martin, principal researcher at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), with our regular update on the U.S. Journalism School Digital Security Curriculum.Before we jump in, I want to share that we’re hiring a Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) consultant to help us develop a …
