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Freedom of the Press
Fight for press freedom as ICE attacks Chicago
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Freedom of the Press
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Defending press freedom for the next generation
Big First Amendment win in Chicago: A federal court told the government it can’t target journalists at protests. But it still allows officers to order reporters to leave protests in some circumstances. We wrote about why that needs to change.
Freedom of the Press
Court backs Chicago reporters, but leaves door open for dispersals
A federal court limited how federal officers can target journalists at protests, but stopped short of entirely blocking them from ordering reporter...
The FAA's drone flight ban in the Chicago area allows ICE to "take their militarization techniques to the sky," FPF's Adam Rose told the Guardian. "They’re trying to keep the enemy out of the sky, the enemy being anyone who is observing them."
the Guardian
US immigration enforcement using military hardware and tactics on civilians
Agencies like Ice are way ahead of Donald Trump, who wants the military to treat cities like ‘training grounds’
Law enforcement in Chicagoland "seem to feel they can just willy-nilly shoot tear gas canisters at people and shoot them with foam rounds that can permanently maim people,” FPF's Adam Rose told The New York Times. “They’ve done this over and over.”
Opinion | ‘ICE Goes Masked for a Single Reason’
Authoritarian creep reaches a new phase.
A new bill that recently passed the Senate will let members of Congress censor information about themselves online. The result is easy to predict: suppression of the press from reporting about Congress. Check out this op-ed from FPF's Caitlin Vogus:
Dallas News
Cruz-Klobuchar bill would sacrifice speech for a false sense of security
Cruz-Klobuchar bill censors online information too broadly in the name of security, writes senior adviser at Freedom of the Press Foundation.
It's official — a court ruled that the public's interest in knowing if Elon Musk has a security clearance and access to classified information outweighs any potential privacy interests. Great FOIA ruling in favor of The New York Times. 📄.pdf