The Trump administration will define “terrorism” as expansively as it can to carry out its censorship agenda. Just ask Rümeysa Öztürk and Mahmoud Khalil. Let’s not hand the president more opportunities to abuse his power. freedom.press/issues/dont-em…

Good news: Iowa's governor signed its anti-SLAPP bill into law. Legislatures in red and blue states understand there's nothing partisan about protecting journalists, activists, and everyone else from anti-speech lawfare. forbes.com/sites/jayadkis…

"Appeasement never works," writes Margaret Sullivan. Not for ABC News, not for law firms, and not for universities that have caved to Trump. It won't work for CBS either. margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/what-a-shame…

Recent leaks have undermined the kinds of lies that the drafters of the Constitution intended journalists to expose when they wrote the First Amendment’s press clause. That’s exactly why journalist-source confidentiality needs protecting. freedom.press/issues/recent-…

Watch John Oliver break down how Trump’s second administration has escalated attacks on the press on Last Week Tonight — from banning outlets to weaponizing the FCC. “We’ve seen countries backslide. The press is often the first casualty.” This is a warning.

What’s worse than the government using a legal loophole to get around the 4th Amendment by buying Americans’ data from private companies? How about creating a massive, centralized system of that data for the government to use virtually unchecked?theintercept.com/2025/05/22/int…

Thanks to press freedom reporter Liam Scott, Archive Team Co-founder Jason Scott, and FPF’s Caitlin Vogus for a powerful conversation on Trump’s attacks on publicly-funded media outlets. Missed it live? Watch the full discussion here: youtube.com/watch?v=mPh-iQ…

What is SecureDrop and why is it important for journalists and whistleblowers? Let our senior software engineer, Kunal Mehta, break it down for you!

Virtually every time the government has cracked down on leaks claiming some kind of threat to the homeland, the real threat has been to its own reputation. But this time we know the truth almost immediately, thanks to leaks. freedom.press/issues/recent-…

Will your phone company warn you if the government wants your data? For journalists, it could mean the difference between protecting a source and exposing one. freedom.press/issues/phone-c…

"The Presidential Records Act has always been...a gentleman’s agreement," Lauren Harper tells LegalAF by MeidasTouch. "But I think this administration has realized they can exploit existing loopholes to be much more secretive than any president in the past." youtube.com/watch?v=3V_R1I…

Signal is making it harder for your private messages to get pulled into Microsoft's new Recall AI feature, which records Windows users' activities and could be a gold mine to attackers. Learn more in our digital security newsletter (and subscribe): freedom.press/digisec/blog/s…

Local government employees should be able to talk to the press. But in Greene County, Virginia, they can't. “These policies are relatively common and, in most cases, unconstitutional,” Seth Stern told The Daily Progress. dailyprogress.com/news/local/gov…

Voice of America chronicled abuses against journalists. Then Trump signed an executive order gutting the news service. To learn about what’s at stake for press freedom and the VOA, which could go offline, we spoke to @LiamJScott and @TextFiles. freedom.press/issues/silenci…

New episode! Lauren Harper & Seth Stern from Freedom of the Press join the show to discuss FOIA findings on Trump-era crackdowns, the detention of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk, and growing attacks on nonprofits and the press. youtube.com/watch?v=LO7xdN…

🔔 Join us for a conversation about the Trump admin’s attacks on broadcast licensees and nonprofits, featuring FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez, Elias Law Group political law Chair Ezra Reese, and FPF's Caitlin Vogus. 🗓️ June 9, 2 p.m. EDT/11 a.m. PDT RSVP: freedom.press/hijacking-publ…

Local government employees should be able to talk to the press. But in Greene County, Virginia, they can't. “These policies are relatively common and, in most cases, unconstitutional,” Seth Stern told The Daily Progress. dailyprogress.com/news/local/gov…

Will your phone company warn you if the government wants your data? For journalists, it could mean the difference between protecting a source and exposing one. freedom.press/issues/phone-c…

Virtually every time the government has cracked down on leaks claiming some kind of threat to the homeland, the real threat has been to its own reputation. But this time we know the truth almost immediately, thanks to leaks. freedom.press/issues/recent-…

KOSA would make the FTC "the ultimate decider of what content is harmful. But the current FTC is no unbiased arbiter," Caitlin Vogus writes in The Boston Globe. bostonglobe.com/2025/05/29/opi…