Disagreement with advocacy or other speech by press pass holders, no matter how obnoxious, is not a constitutionally permissible reason to crack down on press passes. But that appears to be the sole motivation for this move.
This bill should not advance. www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/09/it-c...
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The government’s support for an influencer who praises domestic hacking would mark an escalation in the Trump admin’s dissent crackdown.
"It’s the difference between open-source intelligence" and "jumping into people’s machines," @harlo told @theintercept.https://theintercept.co…
You may have seen that we’re suing Trump over his corrupt scheme to sell his social media posts to Wall Street.
But that’s just one of our nine active lawsuits against the administration or its cronies, with more on the way.
Watch @trevortimm explain and learn how you can help.
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Are you a journalist who uses FOIA or other public records laws in your reporting?
You could win $25,000 with our new journalism award, the Penlight Prize. Deadline extended to September 15.
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Tell Senate Commerce to reject Danielle Thumann Severs as FCC commissioner.
As staffer for Trump censorship czar Brendan Carr, she’s done nothing to rein in his abuses.
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At least one of these companies was behind a censorship campaign to silence reporting about its hacking activities.
US companies shouldn't work with groups that engage in cyberattacks against Americans and then try to silence journalists who expose it.
techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/group-of-biparti...
It's shameful that the FCC is abusing its authority to prevent Americans from hearing directly from candidates during election season.
Interviews with political candidates are chilled thanks to the FCC, and news programs aren't immune from it.
thehill.com/homenews/media/6081125-abc-jim...
Prosecutors were right to drop their appeal of the Wiretap Act counts, but they’re wrong to continue to pursue other charges to punish journalist @bubbaprog, who exposed antisemitism.
The DOJ must drop all of the charges against him.
Our statement: freedom.press/issues/doj-drops-appeal-of-w...
California AB 2222’s proposed journalist employment tax credits would also strengthen reporting capacity, and safeguard essential coverage.
That's why we and dozens of other organizations call on @GavinNewsom to support the bill.
www.rebuildlocalnews.org/historic-local-ne...
The DOJ just gave up appealing the dismissal of a handful of wiretapping charges against journalist Tim Burke, brought after FBI agents raided his newsroom in 2024.
But other charges remain pending and should be dropped.
Our statement:
freedom.press/issues/doj-drops-appeal-of-w...
California AB 2222’s proposed journalist employment tax credits would also strengthen reporting capacity, and afeguard essential coverage.
That's why we and dozens of others call on @GavinNewsom to support the bill.
www.rebuildlocalnews.org/historic-local-ne...
"Using slurs to smear and silence critics is its own form of hate speech, no matter how carefully they word it through their publicists. How dare they falsely invoke antisemitism for something as selfish as their business interests?" FPF's @adjoro said.
itsnotyouitsmedia.substack.com/p/longread-...
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President Trump’s threat to sue a liberal think tank attempts to transform defamation law into a modern-day Sedition Act that could be wielded against journalists.
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Mobile apps often contain code for advertisements that may also track your device’s location.
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Red or blue, states across the US have adopted anti-SLAPP laws because they recognize that free speech deserves protection. North Dakota should too.
It would keep North Dakota from becoming a magnet for frivolous lawsuits aimed at silencing speech.
kfgo.com/2026/09/08/free-speech-protection...
📣 Take action now: Tell your representatives to investigate the Trump admin’s crooked deals with Paramount and attempts to censor the news.
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“We should be skeptical of claims that leaks cause harm and of broad leak investigations that can lead to the surveillance of journalists and sources and the chilling of reporting,” FPF said.
More from @Sulliview:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep...
Brendan Carr can call news he doesn't like fake news and polls he doesn't like fake polls, but there's a real First Amendment and he doesn't get to veto it whenever his thin-skinned puppeteer in the White House gets his feelings hurt.
broadbandbreakfast.com/carr-warns-broadcas...
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SLAPP suits aim to make hard-hitting journalism feel so dangerous and expensive that reporters self-censor.
Publishers shouldn’t make it worse. It’s time for them to scrap oppressive indemnification clauses for freelancers, argues FPF’s @SethAStern.
freedom.press/issues/oppressive-freelance-...
Government records usually belong to the public from the moment they’re created—except at the Supreme Court. That’s a problem—and it can be fixed.
Plus: Why we’re demanding Treasury’s secret Venezuelan oil contract, and more in The Classifieds.
freedom.press/the-classifieds/scotus-secre...
Tell Senate Commerce to reject Danielle Thumann Severs as FCC commissioner.
As staffer for Trump censorship czar Brendan Carr, she’s done nothing to rein in his abuses.
freedom.press/action/write-a-letter-opposi...
President Trump’s threat to sue a liberal think tank attempts to transform defamation law into a modern-day Sedition Act that could be wielded against journalists.
freedom.press/issues/the-dangerous-new-twi...
Government records usually belong to the public from the moment they’re created—except at the Supreme Court. That’s a problem—and it can be fixed.
Plus: Why we’re demanding Treasury’s secret Venezuelan oil contract, and more in The Classifieds.
freedom.press/the-classifieds/scotus-secre...
🚨 DEADLINE EXTENDED!
Are you a journalist who uses FOIA or other public records laws in your reporting?
You could win $25,000 with our new journalism award, the Penlight Prize. Deadline extended to September 15.
Apply at: penlightprize.org
SLAPP suits aim to make hard-hitting journalism feel so dangerous and expensive that reporters self-censor.
Publishers shouldn’t make it worse. It’s time for them to scrap oppressive indemnification clauses for freelancers, argues FPF’s @SethAStern.
freedom.press/issues/oppressive-freelance-...
Trump is using his official statements on Truth Social as profiteering opportunities.
It’s a corrupt assault on the Constitution that harms members of the press and public who don’t line the president’s pockets.
That’s why we’re suing to stop it.
freedom.press/issues/fpf-seeks-order-to-st...
The self-proclaimed "most transparent" Pentagon wants new powers to hide millions of unclassified records from FOIA.
If approved, it would dramatically reduce insight into how the nation's largest federal agency operates and spends taxpayer dollars.
Watch @trevortimm explain:
An Oklahoma city can't charge a records requester an obscene fee of more than $17K thanks to a ruling from the state attorney general.
Good for the AG for knowing the law—too often state officials refuse to respect the public's right to access records.
www.404media.co/oklahoma-tells-city-it-can...
Press access is essential to the public’s right to know.
We, along with 20 others, are calling on all @g20org members to ensure the media accreditation is transparent, impartial, and accommodates the maximum number of media outlets possible.
Read more: rsf.org/sites/default/files/medias/file/20...
đź“© Read in our latest newsletter:
- Journalists face a new McCarthyism
- Stop the Truth Social grift
- DHS abuses administrative summonses to snoop on reporters
- How to win the fight for journalists’ rights
- Plus, what we're reading...
freedom.press/issues/how-to-fight-for-pres...
You may have seen that we’re suing Trump over his corrupt scheme to sell his social media posts to Wall Street.
But that’s just one of our nine active lawsuits against the administration or its cronies, with more on the way.
Watch @trevortimm explain and learn how you can help.
DHS just released a privacy assessment for its new surveillance tool, 'Helix.'
But it is one of the few privacy assessments made public this year. In fact, DHS failed to make similar assessments public for a range of ICE surveillance tools.
@LaurenLeHarper explains:
As former President Obama might say, there's not a liberal constitution and a conservative constitution, there's the United States constitution.
But the Obama Center's First Amendment exhibit gets it all wrong, FPF's @SethAStern writes in @Suntimes.
chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/09/0...
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It’s a relief the judge got this right, we told @ArkAdvocate, but it’d be better if judges would “sanction litigants and lawyers who waste the time and resources of both the judiciary and the press with these unconstitutional demands to gag journalists.”
arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/02/judge-deni...
Trump’s newest lawsuit threat against @amprog comes with a dangerous twist.
He is attempting to turn criticism of government policy into a personal defamation claim.
Like CAP or hate them, this is a direct threat to the First Amendment.
@trevortimm explains:
Lobbying for press freedom legislation in a post-Trump world will require a "relentless, multipronged effort from the very beginning of the congressional session," FPF's @trevortimm writes for @knightcolumbia.
That includes passing the PRESS Act.
More:
knightcolumbia.org/blog/how-do-we-aggressi...
We 'hope' the Obama Center will 'change' its erroneous First Amendment exhibit.
That'd be "fire," as the kids say, sometimes loudly in crowded theaters.
chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/09/0...
This hearing should have been four minutes, not four hours. Of course a court can’t restrain the press from publishing documents the government mistakenly released.
Let’s hope the judge was listening in his first-year constitutional law class. arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2026/09/01/in-a...
FCC Chair Brendan Carr "directs his threats to the market at large precisely because intimidating any one licensee is not sufficient to accomplish his objectives" FPF's @SethAStern told @JoelSimonSays.
www.cjr.org/analysis/why-abc-self-censored...
Obama Center's First Amendment fail: The erroneous quiz answers may have children thinking that free speech is easily curtailed, priming them to accept censorship as normal and reasonable.
Read FPF’s @SethAStern’s op-ed in Chicago @Suntimes:
chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/09/0...
Apple has issued alerts about attempted mercenary spyware attacks. It’s important to understand that an attack may or may not have succeeded. To confirm, you may need investigative support.
Read our newsletter to learn more — and subscribe.
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Even if no law applies to SCOTUS records, “their emails are still government property of great historical importance, which the court should manage and preserve for eventual public access,” says Gary M. Stern, former general counsel of @NSArchive.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/politics/sup...
Absent the “actual malice” standard, a fear of liability would make publishers “more timid and suppress critical reporting of wealthy, powerful or otherwise newsworthy people,” FPF’s @SethAStern told The Guardian’s @RVargasWrites.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/01/loui...
The SCOTUS papers are "the most direct accountability mechanism" we have for justices, said Margaret Kwoka, a law professor at @OhioState who studies government secrecy.
Read more in this article by @jodikantor:
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/politics/sup...
It won’t improve journalism to impose “significant monetary damages whenever the inevitable mistakes occur,” @SethAStern told @RVargasWrites, expressing alarm at the $300,000 defamation verdict against @theadvocatebr.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/01/loui...
Thanks to those who tuned in to our webinar about transparency in reporting on federal health agencies, and a special thanks to our panelists: @bobjherman, @SherylNYT, @rking_19, @CaitlinVogus, and @joycefr.
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