From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Los Angeles immigration raids protests began a week ago on June 6. The Tracker is investigating: - 32 assaults on journalists - 6 detainments/arrests of journalists - 4 equipment damages - 2 equipment searches/seizures View our database:

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The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is a database of press freedom incidents in the United States — everything from arrests of journalists and the sei...

From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: CNN national correspondent Jason Carroll was detained along with his crew and escorted out of a protest zone by police officers while documenting anti-deportation demonstrations in LA June 9:

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker

CNN correspondent detained, removed from protest zone in LA

Jason Carroll, a national correspondent for CNN, was pushed by police and later detained live on air while documenting anti-deportation …

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From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: We are actively reporting on multiple attacks against journalists covering protests in LA — including assaults, equipment damage, and other press freedom violations.

Texas is about to ban talking on college campuses at night. Seriously. Read the rest of this op-ed by Jimena Pinzon and FPF's Caitlin Vogus: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/texas-ban-universities-speech-talking-night-20361753.php

Local officials can disagree with a newspaper's coverage, but they have no right to retaliate. “It’s very much unconstitutional for the government to in any way punish the press over its editorial or content decisions,” Seth Stern told the Phoenix New Times.

Phoenix New Times

Fountain Hills officials punished a paper for coverage they don't like

Right-wing town officials decided to remove a table for the local paper in a Trumpian retaliation over negative coverage.

Public employees have a right to speak to the press. The government can't gag them and certainly can't force them to mislabel verifiable facts as their opinions. Greene County, VA, needed a reminder of these First Amendment basics, so FPF, SPJ, and numerous other press rights organizations gave them one.

Freedom of the Press

Rights organizations object to ‘entirely absurd’ Virginia gag policy

Policy purports to grant county board chair a monopoly on facts

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This is how newspapers should react when the government asks them to carry its water.

The ICE agents disappearing your neighbors would like a little privacy, please

After taking four people into custody at SF’s immigration court, ICE wanted The Standard to conceal agents’ faces.

🔔 Join us for a conversation about the Trump administration's attacks on broadcast licensees and nonprofits, featuring FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez, Elias Law Group political law Chair Ezra Reese, and FPF's Caitlin Vogus. 🗓️ June 9, 2 p.m. EDT/11 a.m. PDT RSVP: freedom.press/hijacking-public-interest