"We've seen [Trump] sue ABC, CBS, he's sued the Des Moines Register and now he's sued the Times. This is something he has done over and over again anytime he is confronted with independent reporting he doesn't like," Caitlin Vogus told Erie News Now. https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/53091468/potential-chilling-effect-on-journalism-following-trumps-dollar15-billion-defamation-lawsuit-against-the-new-york-times
Texas outlawed talking on campuses after 10 p.m. Students are fighting back. Check out this op-ed from FPF Senior Adviser Caitlin Vogus in the Houston Chronicle: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/texas-law-lawsuit-speech-talking-college-campus-21045316.php
We spoke to @npub1s89f...rdtv about a bonkers bill that would let Marco Rubio, who thinks pro-Palestine op-ed writers are terrorists, revoke passports for whoever he deems a supporter of terrorism. It would also let a future Democratic administration target those it dislikes the same way.
The Intercept
New Bill Would Give Marco Rubio “Thought Police” Power to Revoke U.S. Passports
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him revoke passports from U.S. citizens.
“While it’s good to see that Proton is reconsidering account suspensions, journalists are among the users who need these and similar tools most,” @npub19gw4...7ql4, Freedom of the Press Foundation's deputy director of digital security, told @npub1s89f...rdtv.
The Intercept
Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency
The journalists were reporting on suspected North Korean hackers. Proton only reinstated their accounts after a public outcry.
From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: The LA Press Club won a preliminary injunction against the LAPD on Sept. 10. The ruling comes after a federal judge said a “cannonade of evidence” showed the “LAPD appeared to target journalists” during a wave of immigration protests this summer.
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Journalist struck with baton, finger injured amid protests in downtown LA
Status Coup journalist Tina-Desiree Berg was shoved and struck multiple times with a baton by police, injuring her finger, while …
FOIA offices are being decimated across federal agencies, leaving the government unable to fulfill public records requests. Don’t let this blatant attack on transparency fly under the radar. Use our new, easy tool to tell your representatives to safeguard FOIA.
Freedom of the Press
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For anyone who thinks press freedom is only a problem in red states: At a time when officers are "wearing ski masks and covering their badge numbers," the CA legislature is considering further undermining transparency on police misconduct.
Assembly Bill 1178 will undermine transparency and police accountability – Daily News
Another example of the obvious: The first time caving to Trump is never the last. First, it was cut interviews for time, but post a transcript. Now, it’s show the whole interview live so we can eat up as much airtime as we want with lies and nonsense.
AP News
CBS forbids editing of 'Face the Nation' interviews after complaints from Kristi Noem
CBS says it will no longer allow editing of newsmaker interviews on its Sunday morning show “Face the Nation.”
End to end encryption is vital to protect journalists, human rights workers, and billions of people across the world. Read this important piece from @npub13rka...gmvy:
Without Encryption My Work Wouldn’t Be Possible
Our work isn’t always popular. It can infuriate those in power who want to cover up incriminating truths about the past and current trends in sta...
Video recording police isn’t the equivalent of throwing a Molotov cocktail at them, no matter what Kristi Noem says.
Freedom of the Press
Recording police is ‘violence’? Absolutely not.
Now the Trump administration is trying to destroy the right to document police by labeling it as an attack