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.
Journalist or not, photography isn’t a hate crime
Gatekeeping over hate crime charges misses the forest for the trees
Chelsea Manning Thanks Freedom of the Press Foundation for Court Transcripts
Imprisoned WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning sent a letter to the Freedom of the Press Foundation, thanking us for our successful campaign to transcribe and bring transparency to her lengthy trial. “Without your efforts, my court-martial would not have been nearly as visible to the public, and many of …
Harsh punishments for leakers hurt journalism
Former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn received the maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment on Monday, after pleading guilty to leaking Donald Trump’s returns to The New York Times. Littlejohn also leaked a tranche of ultrawealthy Americans’ tax documents to ProPublica. It’s sadly ironic that Littlejohn is being harshly punished for exposing billionaire tax evasion while billionaire tax evaders themselves continue to be afforded leniency by the judiciary.
No secret deportation hearings
Plus: Attacks on legal services are attacks on the press
Our statement on Congress passing the USA Freedom Act, the NSA ‘reform’ bill
Today the Senate passed a version of the USA Freedom Act, a bill touted by its authors as surveillance reform that will end the NSA’s mass, suspicionless collection of Americans’ personal data. Given that parts of the Patriot Act expired on June 1st, and that the government is pretending …
Welcoming Rainey Reitman as board president of Freedom of the Press Foundation
Rainey Reitman succeeds NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden as FPF's board president.
Highlights from John Cusack’s Reddit ‘Ask Me Anything’
Our board member John Cusack held an expansive Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) yesterday and took a variety of questions on freedom of the press, the Obama administration, acting, directing, and activism. Here are some of the highlights that touched on issues he is involved with at Freedom of the …
Meet our new website
This week, Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) unveiled a new website that reflects our commitment to action-based advocacy for press freedom.