No secret deportation hearings
Plus: Attacks on legal services are attacks on the press
If the First Amendment doesn’t work, try the Fifth
If officials say newsgathering is illegal, subpoenaed journalists should take them at their word
What’s the status of JFK declassification efforts?
Plus: Don’t be mad DOGE posted classified budget information. Intelligence agencies’ budgets should be public
Final PRESS Act push
Plus: Classification is broken. Biden can still help fix it
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.
Supreme Court reaffirms press precedent in social media cases
Decision in two cases challenging state laws that restrict social media content moderation contain important wins for journalists and news outlets, but questions on TikTok loom
States keep public in dark
A full-fledged assault on transparency is underway in the states. Recent changes to public records laws in New Jersey, Louisiana, and Utah are making it harder for journalists and the public to find out what government officials are up to.
Government must explain newsroom raid
It’s been more than seven months since the May 2023 FBI raid of Florida journalist Tim Burke’s home newsroom, after Burke found and publicized Fox News interview outtakes where rapper Ye made antisemitic remarks. Yet the government still hasn’t explained the basis for the raid or returned all of Burke’s seized equipment and information.
All eyes are rightfully on Marion, but these ten other press freedom violations also deserve attention
The raid in Kansas was uniquely egregious but it was far from the only newsworthy recent attack on the press
UnAmerican RESTRICT Act would enable mass censorship
It’s embarrassing that elected officials actually support this unconstitutional mess