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Freedom of the Press
ICE revives contract for spyware
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Noem's complaints underscore why news outlets can't settle frivolous lawsuits. Now, the door is wide open for government officials to question every editing decision news outlets make, whether to shorten an interview for time or to not air lies and nonsense. https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5480324-noem-abrego-garcia-cbs-interview-editing/
Great work by RSF for organizing this. It's unfortunate that more U.S. outlets did not participate. If the outlets you support were not among the few, ask them why.
RSF and Avaaz launch international media operation: “At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed”
Hundreds of media outlets, brought together by the campaigning platform Avaaz and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), are waging a campaign calling fo...
Charges against Rümeysa Öztürk aren’t true, and U.S. government records can prove it. That’s why we filed a FOIA lawsuit. But the State Department is using FOIA exemptions as an invisibility cloak to hide potentially damning information. We’ll keep fighting.
Freedom of the Press
The U.S. government is hiding Öztürk records. Its rationale is insulting
If the government was really concerned about protecting privacy, it wouldn’t have abducted and detained Öztürk for writing an op-ed
Israel is killing journalists with impunity, and the U.S. supplies it with the weapons used to murder the truth.
AP News
AP freelancer among 5 journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital, health officials say
Among the victims was Mariam Dagga, a freelancer for the Associated Press. Al Jazeera confirmed that its journalist Mohammed Salam was also killed ...
Illinois strengthened its anti-SLAPP law after a nonsensical court ruling excluded news reporting from the law’s protection. FPF worked with local organizations and lawyers to help fix the mess. Every state needs a strong anti-SLAPP law. https://www.wcia.com/news/capitol-news/pritzker-signs-bill-to-protect-freedom-of-press-illinois-journalists/
“Israel assassinated a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, a young man who had suddenly become the face and voice of the desperate people of his homeland, Gaza…The military made no attempt to obscure this brazen strike on civilians, which is a war crime.”
Opinion | He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him.
The killing of Anas al-Sharif marks an ominous new phase of the war in Gaza.
"Ahead of the planned invasion of Gaza City, killing Anas Al-Sharif is the latest step in Israel's campaign to erase Gaza's witnesses and prevent accountability." https://www.972mag.com/israel-hamas-journalists-smear-gaza/
Police officers obstructing lawful journalism and giving their own publicly funded propagandists the exclusive right to record them up close is unconstitutional, un-American, and absurd, and we very much doubt the taxpayers of Eugene, Oregon, ever intended to fund these kinds of anti-press antics.
Double Sided Media
Eugene Police Debuts Own Press
DSM, concerned by the EPD’s cosplay as members of the press, spoke to journalism experts who all agreed that this is bad.
From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Filmmaker Rocky Romano was wearing visible credentials and carrying pro-grade gear when he was hit with a baton and shoved to the ground by LAPD officers while covering an anti-deportation protest in LA on Aug. 8.
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Documentarian hit with police baton, equipment damaged at LA protest
Documentary writer, director and producer Rocky Romano was pushed by police and hit with a baton while covering an immigration …