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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://hachyderm.io/users/molly0xfff/statuses/113448945255547184">Molly White (molly0xfff@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 04:18:56 JST</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff" title="molly0xfff@hachyderm.io"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/34789-48-20230824095227.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Molly White" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Molly White</a><div><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/113448940866453477" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>If you need ideas, here are a few of the things that matter to me.</p><p>#1: Press freedom and access to information</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3964924#notice-7745321">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-11-09T04:18:56+09:00" title="Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 04:18:56 JST">about 7 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/113448945255547184" rel="external" title="Sent from hachyderm.io via ActivityPub">hachyderm.io</a></span></span><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/113448945255547184">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3443710">Press freedom and access to information
Trump and his allies have issued multitudes of threats against journalists, and anti-media sentiment is reaching a fever pitch across the political spectrum. The United States has already sunk to #55 on the Reporters Without Borders’ press freedom tracker — the lowest it has ever been — and will likely only fall further once Trump takes office.Fight back against Trump’s attempts to weaponize the FCC and other government agencies against news organizations, such as by revoking TV stations’ broadcast licenses or accusing publishers of “treason” for factual reporting
Urge your Senators to back the PRESS Act to protect journalists from surveillance and provide journalist-source confidentiality
Push for a federal anti-SLAPP law to replace piecemeal and easily dodged state-level protections for journalists from the kinds of frivolous but financially ruinous defamation lawsuits popular among people like Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Support groups working on journalist legal defense initiatives, like the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and others. If you’re a lawyer, consider offering pro bono legal representation.
For the tech savvy: help journalists, writers, and archivists protect themselves and their work. Those who are looking to go independent are often looking for advice or tech help. Consider contributing to open source projects like the Internet Archive.</a></label><br><a href="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/113/448/942/221/902/601/original/b7beccf2c6d27c67.png" rel="external">https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/113/448/942/221/902/601/original/b7beccf2c6d27c67.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3443711">Support and fight for your local libraries. Get a library card and use it. Volunteer.
Push back at the local level against efforts to ban books in schools, or to remove important topics from school curricula.
Support data activist groups like DDoSecrets.
Support and contribute to open knowledge projects like Wikipedia and those stewarded by the Free Law Project (CourtListener and RECAP among them).</a></label><br><a href="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/113/448/944/875/279/703/original/e977904c23ad271d.png" rel="external">https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/113/448/944/875/279/703/original/e977904c23ad271d.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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1. Press freedom and access to information Trump and his allies have issued multitudes of threats against journalists, and anti-media sentiment is reaching a fever pitch across the political spectrum. The United States has already sunk to #55 on the Reporters Without Borders’ press freedom tracker — the lowest it has ever been — and will likely only fall further once Trump takes office. Fight back against Trump’s attempts to weaponize the FCC and other government agencies against news organizations, such as by revoking TV stations’ broadcast licenses or accusing publishers of “treason” for factual reporting Urge your Senators to back the PRESS Act to protect journalists from surveillance and provide journalist-source confidentiality Push for a federal anti-SLAPP law to replace piecemeal and easily dodged state-level protections for journalists from the kinds of frivolous but financially ruinous defamation lawsuits popular among people like Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Support groups working on journalist legal defense initiatives, like the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and others. If you’re a lawyer, consider offering pro bono legal representation. For the tech savvy: help journalists, writers, and archivists protect themselves and their work. Those who are looking to go independent are often looking for advice or tech help. Consider contributing to open source projects like the Internet Archive.
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2. Support and fight for your local libraries. Get a library card and use it. Volunteer. Push back at the local level against efforts to ban books in schools, or to remove important topics from school curricula. Support data activist groups like DDoSecrets. Support and contribute to open knowledge projects like Wikipedia and those stewarded by the Free Law Project (CourtListener and RECAP among them).
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