Press freedom organizations warn the Department of Homeland Security that federal officers “may have violated the First Amendment rights” of journalists covering protests.

The tide of sophisticated surveillance tools and their sinister applications is poised to overwhelm watchdogs, tech platforms, and regulators.

Directing attacks against protected persons such as journalists is a violation of international humanitarian law and also constitutes a war crime.

Journalists should consider the following digital and physical safety advice to help better protect themselves.

The White House launches a taxpayer-funded “news wire” to push state propaganda

We must say 'no' to the war of words and images; we must reject the paradigm of war,"

How autocrats protect their claims to be the sole arbiters of truth

Piker's detention occurs against a backdrop of increasing scrutiny of political activists and commentators, especially those who challenge the administration’s policies on Israel.

Exhausted but free, Ekaterina Barabash recounted her escape from the Russian authorities, who put her on their wanted list as she faced up to ten years in prison.

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.

The global state of press freedom is now classified as a “difficult situation” for the first time in the history of the Index.

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.

The United States is now at a critical juncture concerning both the future of freedom of the press and democratic institutions more broadly.

In place of legitimate reporters, Leavitt has invited newcomers who transform the press pool into a casting call for a Trump-era Miss USA.

The security and safety of journalists in exile remain precarious, because of the failure of States to uphold their international obligations.