Threatening to punish app stores if they don’t remove apps the government dislikes is unconstitutional.This time it’s ICEBlock, but tomorrow it could be a news app. Good for ICEBlock for standing up for everyone’s First Amendment rights. https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/tech/iceblock-creator-sues-trump-officials-apple-removal
We wrote for Jacobin about our recent panel with three U.S. journalists who were aboard the Gaza aid flotillas. They described facing assaults and threats from Israeli soldiers — and said the U.S. government did little to help.
US Journalists on Aid Flotillas Allege Israeli Soldier Abuse
A recent panel of three US journalists aboard the Gaza aid flotillas say they faced assault and threats from Israeli soldiers — and that the US g...
Journalists should never be arrested for doing their jobs. Prosecutors in Miami-Dade County must immediately drop the charges against photojournalist Dave Decker, and police should apologize for arresting him for doing nothing more than working to keep the public informed.
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Photojournalist arrested at Miami immigration protest, gear seized
Freelance photojournalist Dave Decker was arrested by Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputies while documenting anti-deportation protests outside an Immigr...
No president should have the power to silence journalists or control who gets to question them. Good for the AP for refusing to back down. Others should follow their example.
AP News
OpEd: Executive Editor Julie Pace on why AP is standing for your right to speak freely
The executive editor of The Associated Press says the news organization is fighting for the right of the press and public to speak freely without b...
DHS is abusing its authority to shut down ICE-watching accounts. Reporting on public ICE activity is protected by the First Amendment. It’s also something journalists do routinely. Senator Wyden is right to call out this attack on the First Amendment.
The Intercept
Wyden Blasts Kristi Noem for Abusing Subpoena Power to Unmask ICE Watcher
“DHS apparently is trying to expose an individual’s identity in order to chill criticism of the Trump Administration’s immigration policies.”
“It looks like these officers believe transparency itself is obstructive to their operations, which is a pretty good indicator that their operations are in need of obstruction … The First Amendment is intended to obstruct government abuses.”
Freedom of the Press
Immigration agents claim routine reporting violates federal law
Officers who can’t handle public scrutiny should get a job that doesn’t involve publicly abducting people
So we went from feigned outrage about allegedly biased public media to the president making deals with centibillionaire friends to make corporate media more biased. Got it.
the Guardian
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks
Exclusive: Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros Discovery
Mohammed bin Salman should be in a courthouse facing justice for ordering the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Instead, he's at the White House.
AP News
Trump dismisses US intelligence that Saudi prince was likely aware of 2018 killing of journalist
President Donald Trump is dismissing U.S. intelligence findings that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman likely had some culpability in the the ...
LA press rights lawyer Susan Seager: "Cops are banned from shooting non-violent people with deadly projectiles — whether they’re protesters or journalists. Because it’s illegal."
Larry Wilson: Stop shooting at the press while we do our jobs – Daily News
From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Update: Marion County, Kansas, agreed Nov. 10 to pay more than $3 million for its role in a raid on the Marion County Record newsroom in 2023.
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Newsroom, personal equipment seized in Kansas raid
Local law enforcement executed a search warrant on the offices of the Marion County Record on Aug. 11, 2023, seizing …