Freedom of the Press
If the US tolerates censorship of foreign press by its ally it won’t be long before the same practices find their way home.
In fact, the government is already laying the groundwork.
https://thehill.com/opinion/4683332-israels-censorship-of-the-ap-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-the-us/
Freedom of the Press
After shutting down Al Jazeera's Israeli newsroom in May, Israel is now revoking press credentials of AJ journalists
Shameful.
The U.S. should insist the press have full access to cover wars that it bankrolls.
Freedom of the Press
The bill requires the government to inform employees when their disciplinary records are requested.
Don’t be fooled by the bill’s proponents – it has nothing to do with personal privacy and everything to do with government secrecy.
https://freedom.press/news/ny-law-will-needlessly-delay-release-of-public-records/
Freedom of the Press
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ignored objections from transparency orgs, including @freedomofpress, and signed into law a bill to further delay release of public records.
Officials sign up for scrutiny.
Transparency shouldn't be postponed to save them from embarrassment.
https://freedom.press/news/ny-law-will-needlessly-delay-release-of-public-records/
Freedom of the Press
While fast-tracking a bill to needlessly delay FOIL compliance, New York’s legislature ignored four bills that would have strengthened the state’s public records laws, also supported by @freedomofpress.
https://freedom.press/news/ny-law-will-needlessly-delay-release-of-public-records/
Freedom of the Press
Now, short-staffed agencies will have to track down employees’ contact info before complying with public records requests.
In some cases where the requester names a specific employee, that might be relatively simple.
But most requests are far broader than that.
https://freedom.press/news/ny-law-will-needlessly-delay-release-of-public-records/
Freedom of the Press
We commend outlets like the Niagara Gazette, The Buffalo News, Adirondack Daily Enterprise, The Daily Gazette, and Newsday for urging lawmakers to do the right thing.
Read more: NY law will needlessly delay release of public records — By Seth Stern
https://freedom.press/news/ny-law-will-needlessly-delay-release-of-public-records/
Freedom of the Press
Public records laws aren’t working at either the state or federal levels.
Instead of trying to fix the problem, NY officials are inventing new ways to sabotage transparency while many media outlets can hardly afford litigation to recover public records.
https://freedom.press/news/ny-law-will-needlessly-delay-release-of-public-records/
Freedom of the Press
The arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov has helped foster the mistaken notion that the app is a standard end-to-end encrypted messenger.
Learn more on that and other updates from our team in this week’s digital security newsletter.
https://freedom.press/newsletter/telegram-misrepresented-amid-founders-arrest/
Freedom of the Press
The Chicago police said they didn’t need training on journalists’ rights at protests to prepare for the DNC. But their “abysmal failure” this week proves otherwise.
Officers who threaten and arrest journalists for doing their jobs should lose their own.
https://freedom.press/news/chicago-police-ignore-warnings-about-press-freedom-at-dnc-protests/
Freedom of the Press
Meta is killing CrowdTangle, a tool used for years by journalists to track and fight misinformation online.
By shutting it down amid public outcry and an upcoming presidential election, the tech giant is undermining its transparency efforts.
Freedom of the Press
“The Marion raid was an unusually dramatic violation, but authorities disregard the law on a smaller scale all the time, in ways its drafters couldn’t have imagined,” Seth Stern writes.
Freedom of the Press
A year after Marion County Record raid, authorities keep ignoring press rights — By @freedomofpress' Advocacy Director Seth Stern
Freedom of the Press
Along with plenty of other alarming press freedom transgressions, the cumulative effect of these privacy act violations is to intimidate journalists and encourage self-censorship.
Freedom of the Press
The anniversary of the Marion raid should be a reminder to all journalists, and all law enforcement officers, of the rights afforded to journalists by the First Amendment and laws like the Privacy Protection Act.
Read more:
Freedom of the Press
🎙️ Jeremy Busby, a journalist incarcerated in Texas who has twice written for FPF about the retaliation he has endured for his reporting, recently called into the Project Censored Show from prison to discuss his situation.
Listen here:
https://www.projectcensored.org/prison-conditions-palestinian-rights/
Freedom of the Press
On the call, Busby spoke about the first time he was reprimanded for his journalism.
The warden said “that perimeter fence is to keep the public out of here, and the thing that you're doing is you're allowing the public to have access to here,” he recalled.
https://www.projectcensored.org/prison-conditions-palestinian-rights/
Freedom of the Press
Alongside Busby, FPF Advocacy Director Seth Stern joined the radio program to talk about the obstacles facing journalists seeking to cover prisons — both from the inside and the outside.
https://freedom.press/news/incarcerated-journalist-and-fpf-columnist-speaks-out
Freedom of the Press
Busby also detailed the retaliation he has faced for reporting from prison.
“Over the course of my career, which spans over 20 years, I’ve been subjected to chemical agents, assault, [and] I’ve been placed in solitary confinement multiple times, including now,” he said.
https://www.projectcensored.org/prison-conditions-palestinian-rights/
Freedom of the Press
After Busby’s telephone time expired, Seth Stern added that the discipline he and other journalists face in prison “might be a preview of how the rest of society looks if antispeech authoritarians get their way.”
https://freedom.press/news/incarcerated-journalist-and-fpf-columnist-speaks-out/
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