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Watch: @wired.com's @katie-drummond.bsky.social, @404media.co's @josephcox.bsky.social, and @freedom.press ’ @laurenleharper.bsky.social discuss why FOIA-based reporting should be free.
Watch: @wired.com's @katie-drummond.bsky.social, @404media.co's @josephcox.bsky.social, and @freedom.press ’ @laurenleharper.bsky.social discuss why FOIA-based reporting should be free.
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Earlier this year, I wrote a guide for Freedom of the Press Foundation about some ways that prison agencies obscure what happens inside their facilities and how to overcome some commonly used obstructions. You can find that resource here.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Earlier this year, I wrote a guide for Freedom of the Press Foundation about some ways that prison agencies obscure what happens inside their facilities and how to overcome some commonly used obstructions. You can find that resource here.
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Our very own @josephcox.bsky.social goes in on why FOIA-based reporting should be free as a public service. If you want to read a recent @404media.co example of that, look no further this essential scoop:
You can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's facial recognition app.
You can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's facial recognition app.
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Our very own @josephcox.bsky.social goes in on why FOIA-based reporting should be free as a public service. If you want to read a recent @404media.co example of that, look no further this essential scoop:
You can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's facial recognition app.
You can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's facial recognition app.
The Executive Office of Immigration Reform clarified in response to a letter from FPF that journalists are allowed to cover immigration courts without checking in or getting permission.
Read more from FPF’s @seth-stern.bsky.social:
Read more from FPF’s @seth-stern.bsky.social:
No, journalists don’t need permission to cover immigration courts
DOJ office rescinds unconstitutional check-in requirement following FPF letter
freedom.press
November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The Executive Office of Immigration Reform clarified in response to a letter from FPF that journalists are allowed to cover immigration courts without checking in or getting permission.
Read more from FPF’s @seth-stern.bsky.social:
Read more from FPF’s @seth-stern.bsky.social:
Any police officer or judge who knows the First Amendment shouldn't have asked for or signed off on the raid on the Marion County Record and the home of owners Eric and Joan Meyer.
But apparently, police don’t always read the law, and judges may need a refresher.
But apparently, police don’t always read the law, and judges may need a refresher.
Kansas county pays $3M for forgetting the First Amendment
Marion County cops got their First Amendment lesson the hard way. Police elsewhere should take note
freedom.press
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Any police officer or judge who knows the First Amendment shouldn't have asked for or signed off on the raid on the Marion County Record and the home of owners Eric and Joan Meyer.
But apparently, police don’t always read the law, and judges may need a refresher.
But apparently, police don’t always read the law, and judges may need a refresher.
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Sick of horrors they're seeing by ICE, retired Chicago journalists unleash
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights
The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Sick of horrors they're seeing by ICE, retired Chicago journalists unleash
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LA press rights lawyer @susanseager.bsky.social: "Cops are banned from shooting non-violent people with deadly projectiles — whether they’re protesters or journalists. Because it’s illegal."
Larry Wilson: Stop shooting at the press while we do our jobs
The LAPD doesn’t like being watched
www.dailynews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
LA press rights lawyer @susanseager.bsky.social: "Cops are banned from shooting non-violent people with deadly projectiles — whether they’re protesters or journalists. Because it’s illegal."
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Are you a journalist who covers the mass incarceration system in the U.S.?
Watch the video below by journalist Daniel Moritz-Rabson to know the rights, risks, and realities for journalists trying to get the story from American prisons and jails.
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Watch the video below by journalist Daniel Moritz-Rabson to know the rights, risks, and realities for journalists trying to get the story from American prisons and jails.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Are you a journalist who covers the mass incarceration system in the U.S.?
Watch the video below by journalist Daniel Moritz-Rabson to know the rights, risks, and realities for journalists trying to get the story from American prisons and jails.
freedom.press/issues/cover...
Watch the video below by journalist Daniel Moritz-Rabson to know the rights, risks, and realities for journalists trying to get the story from American prisons and jails.
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I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me: They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me.
They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.
www.thenation.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I Tried to Deliver Aid to Gaza. Israel Kidnapped and Tortured Me: They stripped us naked, deprived us of sleep, food, and sanitary facilities, arbitrarily threatened us with guns, and physically attacked us.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
Journalist and human rights lawyer Thomas Becker writes in @thenation.com.
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Brendan Carr should ditch speech-chilling policy, former FCC chairs say
Read more in this @washingtonpost.com story by @scottnover.bsky.social:
Read more in this @washingtonpost.com story by @scottnover.bsky.social:
Brendan Carr should ditch speech-chilling policy, former FCC chairs say
A bipartisan group of predecessors says the agency’s current chairman is improperly wielding a little-used policy against broadcasters critical of President Donald Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Brendan Carr should ditch speech-chilling policy, former FCC chairs say
Read more in this @washingtonpost.com story by @scottnover.bsky.social:
Read more in this @washingtonpost.com story by @scottnover.bsky.social:
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A big win for press freedom: Thanks to FPF's advocacy, the government changed its practices and its policies to make clear that journalists don't need permission to report on immigration court proceedings.
No, journalists don’t need permission to cover immigration courts
DOJ office rescinds unconstitutional check-in requirement following FPF letter
freedom.press
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A big win for press freedom: Thanks to FPF's advocacy, the government changed its practices and its policies to make clear that journalists don't need permission to report on immigration court proceedings.
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🔔 Join us for a conversation about ICE's targeting of pro-Palestinian journalists, featuring @hmaesq.bsky.social, @cgbatty.bsky.social, Samantha C. Hamilton, Sam Judy, Marium Uddin, and moderated by FPF's @seth-stern.bsky.social
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November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🔔 Join us for a conversation about ICE's targeting of pro-Palestinian journalists, featuring @hmaesq.bsky.social, @cgbatty.bsky.social, Samantha C. Hamilton, Sam Judy, Marium Uddin, and moderated by FPF's @seth-stern.bsky.social
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A $3 million settlement is major victory, but it can’t undo the damage to press freedom from the illegal raid on the Marion County Record.
If other communities don’t want to learn First Amendment law the expensive way, they must train police and prosecutors to respect press rights.
If other communities don’t want to learn First Amendment law the expensive way, they must train police and prosecutors to respect press rights.
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A $3 million settlement is major victory, but it can’t undo the damage to press freedom from the illegal raid on the Marion County Record.
If other communities don’t want to learn First Amendment law the expensive way, they must train police and prosecutors to respect press rights.
If other communities don’t want to learn First Amendment law the expensive way, they must train police and prosecutors to respect press rights.
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Republicans are blasting Tucker Carlson for whitewashing antisemitism. But Trump's Justice Department and Pam Bondi are still prosecuting journalist Tim Burke, who exposed Carlson for doing so.
Use our action center to tell lawmakers to speak up.
Use our action center to tell lawmakers to speak up.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Republicans are blasting Tucker Carlson for whitewashing antisemitism. But Trump's Justice Department and Pam Bondi are still prosecuting journalist Tim Burke, who exposed Carlson for doing so.
Use our action center to tell lawmakers to speak up.
Use our action center to tell lawmakers to speak up.
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President Trump "doesn't care" if he wins the lawsuits he's filed against newsrooms he doesn't like, FPF's @seth-stern.bsky.social told BBC.
"The point is to intimidate and punish those he views as critical [of] him."
"The point is to intimidate and punish those he views as critical [of] him."
Trump vs the BBC: What hurdles might the president's legal argument face?
If he were to bring a defamation case in Florida, experts say he would need to prove three major components.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
President Trump "doesn't care" if he wins the lawsuits he's filed against newsrooms he doesn't like, FPF's @seth-stern.bsky.social told BBC.
"The point is to intimidate and punish those he views as critical [of] him."
"The point is to intimidate and punish those he views as critical [of] him."
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The leaves are falling and the gloves are off: We're fighting government secrecy with FOIA. Read this week's edition of The Classifieds for FOIA tips, updates on our FOIA lawsuits, and more.
Against the clock: probe DHS’s election integrity unit before midterms
Plus: FOIA requests we filed this week and why we’re sharing
freedom.press
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The leaves are falling and the gloves are off: We're fighting government secrecy with FOIA. Read this week's edition of The Classifieds for FOIA tips, updates on our FOIA lawsuits, and more.
“There’s one way the BBC could retrieve some dignity,” @arusbridger.bsky.social writes in @prospectmagazine.co.uk.
“It should send Donald Trump a four-word reply to his blustering threat to sue the corporation in Florida for $1bn in damages: ‘See you in court.’”
“It should send Donald Trump a four-word reply to his blustering threat to sue the corporation in Florida for $1bn in damages: ‘See you in court.’”
The four-word message the BBC should send Trump about his $1bn lawsuit
The corporation must show it will not be cowed, unlike American broadcast media, and call the president’s bluff
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“There’s one way the BBC could retrieve some dignity,” @arusbridger.bsky.social writes in @prospectmagazine.co.uk.
“It should send Donald Trump a four-word reply to his blustering threat to sue the corporation in Florida for $1bn in damages: ‘See you in court.’”
“It should send Donald Trump a four-word reply to his blustering threat to sue the corporation in Florida for $1bn in damages: ‘See you in court.’”
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Are you a journalist who covers the mass incarceration system in the U.S.?
Watch the video below featuring journalist @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social to know the rights, risks, and realities for journalists trying to get the story from American prisons and jails.
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Watch the video below featuring journalist @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social to know the rights, risks, and realities for journalists trying to get the story from American prisons and jails.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Are you a journalist who covers the mass incarceration system in the U.S.?
Watch the video below featuring journalist @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social to know the rights, risks, and realities for journalists trying to get the story from American prisons and jails.
freedom.press/issues/cover...
Watch the video below featuring journalist @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social to know the rights, risks, and realities for journalists trying to get the story from American prisons and jails.
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Tackled by ICE agents, tear-gassed by CBP: Since 2017, @pressfreedomtracker.us has documented immigration-related press freedom violations against journalists, including incidents tagged under immigration, Department of Homeland Security and ICE detention.
Explore more here:
Explore more here:
Immigration-related press freedom violations, 2017-present
Immigration-related press freedom violations, 2017-present
pressfreedomtracker.us
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Tackled by ICE agents, tear-gassed by CBP: Since 2017, @pressfreedomtracker.us has documented immigration-related press freedom violations against journalists, including incidents tagged under immigration, Department of Homeland Security and ICE detention.
Explore more here:
Explore more here:
Sick of horrors they're seeing by ICE, retired Chicago journalists unleash
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights
The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Sick of horrors they're seeing by ICE, retired Chicago journalists unleash
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Thanks to our friends at @protectdemocracy.org for furthering the fight against Brendan Carr's censorial FCC.
The FCC's News Distortion Policy should be rescinded
A bipartisan group of former FCC commissioners call for repeal of the News Distortion Policy, which chills broadcaster speech
protectdemocracy.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thanks to our friends at @protectdemocracy.org for furthering the fight against Brendan Carr's censorial FCC.
LA press rights lawyer @susanseager.bsky.social: "Cops are banned from shooting non-violent people with deadly projectiles — whether they’re protesters or journalists. Because it’s illegal."
Larry Wilson: Stop shooting at the press while we do our jobs
The LAPD doesn’t like being watched
www.dailynews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
LA press rights lawyer @susanseager.bsky.social: "Cops are banned from shooting non-violent people with deadly projectiles — whether they’re protesters or journalists. Because it’s illegal."
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''Prison journalism should not be illegal. It should not be starved, stifled, or silenced ... laws need to change."
Read @inquest.bsky.social's article featuring Jeremy's account of how his own journalism, and that of outside reporters wanting to tell his story, is stifled by prison authorities.
Read @inquest.bsky.social's article featuring Jeremy's account of how his own journalism, and that of outside reporters wanting to tell his story, is stifled by prison authorities.
"Journalists behind bars, describing endless forms of payback, told us that retaliation was the greatest constraint on their work." Andrew Crespo & Corinne Shanahan of @endmassinc.bsky.social break down the ways prisons stop reporting of what goes on behind their walls.
When Reporting Is a Crime - Corinne Shanahan & Andrew Crespo - Inquest
States have restricted, surveilled, and punished prison journalism for decades, with dire consequences—for incarcerated people and for democracy.
inquest.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
''Prison journalism should not be illegal. It should not be starved, stifled, or silenced ... laws need to change."
Read @inquest.bsky.social's article featuring Jeremy's account of how his own journalism, and that of outside reporters wanting to tell his story, is stifled by prison authorities.
Read @inquest.bsky.social's article featuring Jeremy's account of how his own journalism, and that of outside reporters wanting to tell his story, is stifled by prison authorities.
Are you a journalist who covers the mass incarceration system in the U.S.?
Watch the video below by journalist Daniel Moritz-Rabson to know the rights, risks, and realities for journalists trying to get the story from American prisons and jails.
freedom.press/issues/cover...
Watch the video below by journalist Daniel Moritz-Rabson to know the rights, risks, and realities for journalists trying to get the story from American prisons and jails.
freedom.press/issues/cover...
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Are you a journalist who covers the mass incarceration system in the U.S.?
Watch the video below by journalist Daniel Moritz-Rabson to know the rights, risks, and realities for journalists trying to get the story from American prisons and jails.
freedom.press/issues/cover...
Watch the video below by journalist Daniel Moritz-Rabson to know the rights, risks, and realities for journalists trying to get the story from American prisons and jails.
freedom.press/issues/cover...