Cerise Castle writes for LA Public Press: “I wrote the history of LASD gangs. Then the sheriff’s department started surveilling me.” The LA County Sheriff's Department “sent over 800 pages of emails in 7 months” about Cerise Castle.
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Technology, Information and Internet
Brooklyn, NY 2,498 followers
Protecting journalists, whistleblowers, and the public’s right to know.
About us
Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) is a non-profit organization that that protects, defends, and empowers public-interest journalism in the 21st Century. The organization works to preserve and strengthen First and Fourth Amendment rights guaranteed to the press through a variety of avenues, including the development of encryption tools, documentation of attacks on the press, training in newsrooms on digital security practices, and advocacy for the the public’s right to know. We aim to protect and promote the basic human right of freedom of the press, both in the United States and abroad, in a world where surveillance, censorship, and hacking risks are becoming more sophisticated and pervasive.
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https://freedom.press
External link for Freedom of the Press Foundation
- Industry
- Technology, Information and Internet
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Brooklyn, NY
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2012
- Specialties
- First Amendment, Press Freedom, Free Speech, Encryption, and Digital Security
Locations
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Primary
49 Flatbush Avenue
#1017
Brooklyn, NY 11217, US
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Don’t let prosecutors define journalism
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The bipartisan distrust of the U.S. intelligence community isn’t the product of conspiracy theories but repeated abuses. That includes past surveillance of journalists and power-grabs to allow more in the future.
Time for U.S. Intelligence to Ask: How Did We Alienate so Many Americans?
https://www.justsecurity.org
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It’s reprehensible for UW-Madison police to threaten a $10,000 fine for sharing public records with the media. And it’s unconstitutional to penalize news outlets for making (very little) money.
A reporter asked for body-camera footage. UW-Madison police threatened her with a fine.
https://tonemadison.com
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A new court decision denying release of public records from the Covenant School shooting investigation based on copyright law harms the public’s right to know. It could have disastrous consequences beyond this case.
Copyright and public records don’t mix
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Monday's sentencing in absentia of Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen by a Moscow court is the latest attempt by Russia to quash independent journalism.
Russia Sentences U.S. Journalist in Absentia for Ukraine War Comments
https://www.nytimes.com
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📢 Job opportunity: We are seeking a qualified Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) consultant to evaluate and enhance our digital security training programs for working journalists. Learn more and apply here:
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The cynicism of blaming the media for the Trump assassination attempt — By Jon Allsop [Originally published in Columbia Journalism Review's newsletter, The Media Today]
The cynicism of blaming the media for the Trump assassination attempt
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Prosecutors’ legal attack on reporter Trevor Aaronson is just the government’s latest attempt to seize the power to define journalism. That endangers the free press.
Don’t let prosecutors decide when journalism isn’t journalism
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