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
Featured • Journalism • Original • Press Freedom • Resistance • Social Media • Technology
Technology: The Frontline of the Battle for Press Freedom
Ron Williams
Resistance Media
Essential to maintaining a resistance media capacity will be the ability to successfully wage a running battle with those entities that would seek to surveil, disrupt, censor and destroy opposition voices.
Published On: 06/18/2025
Global • Human Rights • Journalism • Press Freedom • Violence
UN Human Rights Office condemns targeting journalists and attacks on hospitals
UN Human Rights Office
un.org
Directing attacks against protected persons such as journalists is a violation of international humanitarian law and also constitutes a war crime.
Published On: 06/06/2025
Journalism
Pure fascist propaganda
Steve Schmidt
https://steveschmidt.substack.com
Yesterday, the United States Department of Defense released an AI-generated image venerating the leadership and strength of Pete Hegseth. Of course, there were problems, including the three fingers on one hand, but it doesn’t really matter how many fingers there are because the Party will tell you how many there are.
Published On: 05/03/2025
Journalism • Press Freedom
They’re Coming for the Truth-Tellers: Bondi’s Plan to Jail Journalists
Thom Hartmann
The Hartmann Report
Most alarming part of all is what Bondi reportedly wants to do next. According to sources close to the Justice Department, she has argued that leakers — or even reporters — who provide information that she doesn’t like could be prosecuted for treason, a crime that carries the death penalty.
Published On: 05/02/2025
Journalism • Press Freedom
The loss of editorial freedom at 60 Minutes is a sorry milestone
Margaret Sullivan
The Guardian
As with so many of the red alerts – lawsuits, threats, changes in long-held practices that protect the public’s right to know – the problem involves Donald Trump’s overweening desire to control the media.
Published On: 05/01/2025