Plus: Classification is broken. Biden can still help fix it

Last chance for legislation to safeguard journalist-source confidentiality

Today is the anniversary of the JFK assassination. Congress passed a landmark law over 30 years to release millions of pages of assassination records, even though it doesn’t normally get involved in declassification efforts.

Congress has two months to pass the most important press freedom legislation in modern history.

Time to check government secrecy too

How secretive would a second Trump or a Harris administration be? And how much could either presidential candidate rein in the government’s sprawling secrecy system if they wanted to?

This week, Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) unveiled a new website that reflects our commitment to action-based advocacy for press freedom.

Dear Friend of Press Freedom,Here are some of the most important stories we’re following from the U.S. and around the world. If you enjoy reading this newsletter, please forward it to friends and family. If someone has forwarded you this newsletter, please subscribe here.New York Times pushes for …

The U.S. should not only demand its ally explain the arrest of an American journalist, but pressure it to release the 43 Palestinian journalists who remain in custody if it can’t prove they committed a crime.

Too much about Jamal Khashoggi's murder remains hidden, and this secrecy prevents accountability and serves to endanger other journalists.

We’re in the middle of an especially dangerous hurricane season, but the government’s weather forecaster won’t release its most accurate predictions.

Declassification would explain a move that raises serious First Amendment concerns about press censorship and questions of cherry picked evidence.

The U.S. keeps too many secrets about its actions in the aftermath of 9/11.

The Senate is running out of time this year to pass the most important press freedom legislation in modern times.

As the first Ellsberg Chair, Lauren Harper’s work will focus on highlighting and fighting the multitude of ways the government keeps secrets.

The Chicago Police Department repeatedly dispersed, arrested, and threatened journalists at protests during the first two days of the DNC.

Last week, special prosecutors cleared the Record’s reporters of wrongdoing, and this week, former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody was charged for obstructing the investigation of the raid.

Special prosecutors this week finally released their report on last August’s police raid of the Marion County Record. The report recommends criminal charges against former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody, and clears the Record and its reporters of wrongdoing.

The Securities and Exchange Commission requires defendants who settle cases it brings to contract away their right to deny the SEC’s allegations. So does the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. That means potential sources can’t speak to financial journalists.

With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting the U.S. this week, officials who claim to care about press freedom need to make clear to him that the U.S. will not tolerate killings, imprisonments, or censorship of journalists by its ally.

Plus: U.S. government declassifies 1960 report stating Israeli nuclear site was for weapons

Plus: how you can help preserve federal data at risk of being deleted

Purging your social media posts is getting much simpler

Among journalists, Bluesky is taking flight. Critical account security protections are still under development

Recent insight into the capabilities and limitations of GrayKey, a secretive phone forensics tool, highlight the importance of updates

In lawsuit against NSO Group, documents reveal the spyware vendor disconnected 10 abusive government customers

The encrypted messaging app just rolled out a new feature to let users join a call with just a link — groups no longer required

Alongside a coalition of press freedom organizations, we’ve teamed up with the Knight Election Hub to support journalists.

Tracking IDs baked into your mobile device reveal visits to abortion clinics and more.

Help out a critical resource for journalists as it experiences a series of digital attacks.

It’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 has shared this newsletter with you, please subscribe here.In the newsIn its push to rework permissions within Google Chrome desktop …

U.S. intelligence agencies suggest China is involved in a breach of multiple major U.S. telecommunications providers.

Eric Adams allegedly claimed that he had changed the passcode and told the FBI he did not remember it.

Discord announced its rollout of end-to-end encryption for voice and video calls in one-to-one and group direct messages, voice channels, and Go Live streams.

Apple has filed a motion to withdraw a lawsuit against NSO Group, an Israeli spyware company.

Following the arrest of Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov, the messaging app modified its FAQ page to clarify some new rules.

Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther announced that the data was either “encrypted or corrupted.”

The arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov has helped foster the mistaken notion that the app is a standard end-to-end encrypted messenger.

National Public Data confirmed nearly 3 billion records were affected.

The latest move means that the app has been removed from Google Play and Apple App Store in Russia.

The Spamhaus Project has released a blog criticizing Cloudflare — a content delivery network and cloud cybersecurity provider — for providing security services to abusive domains. These websites could contain spam, phishing links, malware, and even botnets.

The cybersecurity firm Kaspersky disclosed that at least five Google Play applications contained Mandrake, a sophisticated cyberespionage tool.

Canvas breach, Instagram account hijacking via chatbots, and more

A revamped digital security 101 module is coming soon!

Want to learn how to teach “digital security 101” in your J-school? Of course you do!

Check out the latest updates to our digital security 101, authentication, and malware modules.

We’ve made updates to our “Digital security 101” module, and more.

Check out the new resource pack for our “Digital security 101 — Crossing the US-Mexico border” module.

On 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.

We’re thrilled to announce a new module focused on U.S. southern border journalism

Well, at least there’s a lot of stuff to talk to your class about

We’ve added new slides to our Malware module to help instructors get started sharing the good word about Dangerzone.

Hello 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 …

Hello 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 …