Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance
ICE wants to work in secret. We shouldn’t let it
Caitlin Vogus
Freedom of Press Foundation
While noncitizen journalists are the easiest targets for now, it’s abundantly clear that the government would like to criminalize journalists it doesn’t like, regardless of the journalists’ residency status.
Published On: 07/02/2025
Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom • Safety
CPJ outraged at ICE refusal of judge’s order to release journalist Mario Guevara
Committee to Protect Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists
The Spanish-language reporter is currently the only journalist in custody in the U.S. whose arrest was in relation to their work.
Published On: 07/02/2025
Artificial Intelligence • Disinformation • Featured
A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using AI to Fuel a ‘Content Explosion’
David Gilbert
Wired
Consumer-grade AI tools have supercharged Russian-aligned disinformation as pictures, videos, QR codes, and fake websites have proliferated.
Published On: 07/01/2025
Human Rights • Threat Management
After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and Andrea Suozzo
ProPublica
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
Published On: 07/01/2025
Democracy • Featured • Legal
Taking Away Your Citizenship
Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
We’ve moved onto the next phase of the plan, where the Civil Rights Division, the once proud crown jewel of the Justice Department, will participate in stripping naturalized American citizens of their citizenship.
Published On: 07/01/2025
Artificial Intelligence • Cyber Security • Digital Rights • Europe
Denmark Fights Back Against Deepfakes
Anna Desmarais
euronews
Denmark will give people copyright over their own likenesses as a way to fight back against generated “deepfake” videos, as countries around the world grapple with the rapid rise of AI.
Published On: 06/30/2025
Democracy • Disinformation • Resistance
The Rage of Billionaires and the Frenzy to Stop Zohran Mamdani
Norman Solomon
Roots Action
The oligarchs accustomed to such governance are furious that the nation’s capital of capitalism is in danger of serving people instead of megaprofits.
Published On: 06/30/2025
Legal • Safety
Trump attacks on NRC independence pose health, safety risks
Edwin Lyman
Utility Dive
The exodus of key personnel at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will jeopardize its ability to oversee the nuclear power fleet and slow the licensing of new facilities to a crawl.
Published On: 06/30/2025
Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom
Prosecution Against Journalist Endangers Right To Gather News
Kevin Gosztola
The Dissenter
The “government’s interpretation of the Wiretap Act would unleash frivolous litigation and make the Act a magnet for arbitrary and harassing enforcement actions in the future.”
Published On: 06/30/2025
Artificial Intelligence • Democracy • Disinformation • Technology
A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy
Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A. Thompson
The New York Times
Content generated by AI has become a factor in elections around the world. Most of it is bad, misleading voters and discrediting the democratic process.
Published On: 06/27/2025
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They’re Coming for the Truth-Tellers: Bondi’s Plan to Jail Journalists
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