Freedom of the Press

🚨 PSA: If you are an ICE or DHS employee with firsthand knowledge of unreported immigration enforcement activities you think the public should know, find a news outlet that uses @securedrop.org and send it as an anonymous, encrypted tip. Audio, video, documents all accepted.

We wrote to prosecutors Tuesday urging them to drop unconstitutional charges against two @CityBeatCincy journalists arrested at a protest. They dropped the felony charges yesterday, but they need to drop the misdemeanors too. media.freedom.press/media/document…

Just a few days after Paramount officially paid off Trump to the tune of $16 million to "settle" his absurd and unconstitutional lawsuit, the FCC approves Paramount's merger. They aren't even trying to hide the corruption. nytimes.com/2025/07/24/bus…

Looks like Paramount’s $16 million settlement with Trump is only the second highest sum it’s paid this month to get publicly ridiculed. Good for @SouthPark for taking Paramount’s $1.5 billion and still skewering them for their cowardice

The FCC shouldn't consider editorial content during merger review or extract promises to combat "bias." 2021’s version of FCC Chair Brendan Carr said newsroom decisions about covering stories "should be beyond the reach of any government official." docs.fcc.gov/public/attachm…

BBC, AFP and other news outlets warn journalists in Gaza at risk of starvation theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

🔔 Join us for a conversation about how federal law impedes reporting on America's prisons, featuring Jeremy Busby, @ACLU's Corene Kendrick and Nina Patel, and @SethAStern. 🕒 Thursday, July 31, 3 p.m. EDT/Noon PDT RSVP: freedom.press/journalism-beh…

"Growing up, I didn’t always understand why my dad was so obsessed with his work, why he’d jump up and leave dinner to chase down a story. But now I do," said Mario Guevara's son, Oscar, who now works as a photojournalist. apnews.com/article/journa…

Thanks to everyone who tuned into our conversation about the demise of one of America’s oldest Indigenous newspapers, and a special thanks to our panelists: @Tontareh1981, @Kanieh57, @SethAStern, and @stephanie_alena. Did you miss it? Watch it below ⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=LCogo7…

Journalist Mario Guevara's detention "sends a chilling message," @AttorneyNora said. "It’s a rejection of the premise this country was founded on: to give people agency, dignity, autonomy and freedom to challenge those in power." freepress.net/blog/ice-deten…

"Authorities in New York — and any federal officials with integrity who haven’t been fired for it yet — need to step in and tell ICE that we don’t have secret police here," Seth Stern told @amNewYork's @Dean_Moses. amny.com/immigration/ic…

A recent report about the Trump administration abusing its surveillance powers to spy on James Comey’s cellphone location data raises red flags for journalists and sources. freedom.press/issues/emergen…

Journalists covering recent demonstrations in California have been assaulted, detained, and shot with crowd-control munitions — simply for doing their jobs. “We see these agencies acting lawlessly,” @TinaDesireeBerg said. Read the recap from our webinar: freedom.press/issues/pressin…

ICE lawyers shouldn't hide their identities in court, and immigration judges shouldn't condone the practice. This disturbing trend must be stopped immediately. theintercept.com/2025/07/15/ice…

More and more, the Trump administration is accusing journalists of inciting violence or lawlessness by simply reporting the news. These claims are baseless, but they’re not harmless. freedom.press/issues/no-repo…

If you use iCloud, turn on Advanced Data Protection to end-to-end encrypt your backups — because Apple won't enable it by default. This "maximizes the amount of privacy you can have," David Huerta, a senior digital security trainer at FPF, told @HuffPost. huffpost.com/entry/iphone-a…