WATCH: The PRESS Act is the strongest shield bill we've ever seen and is imperative for journalist-source confidentiality. Here's why the Senate needs to pass it now.

Apple devices have made meaningful improvements in their recent updates, especially with the introduction of Advanced Data Protection. But if you use an Apple device for work and you store data on iCloud, there are some benefits and risks to know about. freedom.press/training/blog/…

Public officials sign up for public scrutiny. It comes with the job. Legislative efforts to prevent or delay release of disciplinary records have nothing to do with personal privacy and everything to do with government secrecy.

"If you can't give a credible promise of confidentiality ... no whistleblower is coming forward" investigative journalist Catherine Herridge tells Jake Tapper. That's why it's imperative that Congress pass the PRESS Act without further delay. cnn.com/2024/07/31/us/…

🧵As much as 90% of government secrets shouldn’t be secret in the first place. A good, new bipartisan bill hopes to fix this — but it’s missing a key ingredient. By Lauren Harper, FPF's inaugural Daniel Ellsberg (Memorial) chair on government secrecy freedom.press/news/new-bipar…

Update: The Los Angeles City Council approved a $300K settlement payout to journalist camacho and an activist group Aug. 14, after suing them to claw back photos of police officers Camacho had received through a public records request.  pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/…

Over 130 organizations and experts signed our letter supporting the PRESS Act. It's time to stop the government from surveilling reporters and protect journalist-source confidentiality. freedom.press/news/sen-durbi…

.U.S. Department of Justice refuses to release more info on its spying on members of Congress who were conducting agency oversight. In a Alice-in-Wonderland move, DOJ is claiming in Empower Oversight case that even its reasons for keeping the information secret are secret.  nytimes.com/2024/08/31/us/…

LA taxpayers should ask why their gov played unconstitutional games with their money, even after we and plenty others warned that their lawsuits against camacho were frivolous and doomed to fail. This was a SLAPP campaign to harass a journalist. dailynews.com/2024/02/13/los…

A judge issued a restraining order against a security researcher after he proved that a ransomware attack on the city of Columbus leaked personal information. Learn more on that and other updates from our team in this week’s digital security newsletter. freedom.press/newsletter/cit…

The Senate needs to advance the PRESS Act ASAP to protect journalist-source confidentiality against government surveillance. Tell your senator that you support the PRESS Act today. Via ACLU: go.peoplepower.org/letter/congres…

Ignoring the four FOIL bills supported by over 30 groups, the Legislature passed – and the Governor signed – a bill that will chill transparency in New York State. Our statement ⬇️ reinventalbany.org/2024/09/new-la…

Secretary Blinken continues to allow arms transfers to Israel even while Israel uses those weapons to slaughter journalists.