SCOTUS review of immigration law could criminalize routine journalism
First Amendment dangers extend far beyond immigration reporting
The most dangerous press freedom issue of 2020 is Trump’s prosecution of Julian Assange
The extradition process for Julian Assange has officially gotten underway. When the charges were originally revealed last year, Freedom of the Press Foundation led the charge in denouncing them, and we were joined by the unanimous voices of the civil liberties and press freedom community.
Whistleblower Reality Winner sentenced to longest prison term in the history of federal leak cases
For alerting the public about hacking attempts on election infrastructure, Reality was given five years in jail.
The accused FBI whistleblower indicted by Trump's DOJ allegedly leaked secret rules for spying on reporters
If alleged whistleblower Terry Albury did what he is accused of, journalists should consider him a hero.
Why Edward Snowden Cannot Receive a Fair Trial in the United States
There are a multitude of errors in the one paragraph Thomas Friedman dedicated to Edward Snowden in his New York Times column yesterday (Snowden’s leak was the opposite of a “data dump;” he didn’t “flee” to Russia, the U.S. trapped him there; “authentic” whistleblowers are punished all the time), …
Eric Holder was the worst Attorney General for the press in a generation. We deserve better.
Attorney General Eric Holder announced he would resign yesterday, after serving as the nation’s top law enforcement official since President Obama came into office in 2009. Holder will leave behind a complex and hotly debated legacy at the Justice Department on many issues, but one thing is clear: he …
Honoring Daniel Ellsberg’s legacy: A $1 million donation to tackle government secrecy
Jack Dorsey’s #startsmall backs efforts to reform the government secrecy system, while honoring the late Daniel Ellsberg
Trump DOJ repeals protections for journalist-source confidentiality
Democrats to blame for ignoring repeated warnings that this would happen if they didn't pass the PRESS Act
Edward Snowden on Trump administration's recent arrest of an alleged journalistic source
The Trump administration charged a news outlet's source under the draconian Espionage Act this week. Edward Snowden responds.
Trump’s anti-press rhetoric is dangerous, but his actions are worse
Over 300 news organizations join together and publish editorials denouncing Trump's attacks on the press. And while his rhetoric gets an outsized amount of attention, his administration’s actions are more dangerous to the press than anything Trump has said.