Freedom of the Press Foundation

Freedom of the press, or media freedom, is a key principle that ensures individuals can communicate and express themselves through different forms of media, such as print and digital channels, without restrictions. This freedom means that the government should not interfere in these communications. To protect this right, it can be supported by constitutional laws or other legal measures.

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Siding with Apple, court rejects UK’s secrecy request

2 weeks ago | freedom.press | Martin Shelton

It’s the digital security training team at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), with security news that keeps you, your sources, and your devices safe. If someone shared this newsletter with you, please subscribe here. Apple’s Advanced Data Protection service hardens its iCloud offering by using further encryption to prevent even Apple from accessing users’ iCloud data.
Chilling effect of Assange prosecution on display in Signalgate

2 weeks ago | freedom.press | Seth Stern

There’s been plenty of speculation over how The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg found himself on a Signal thread with top-level Trump administration officials. The latest version of the story is that national security adviser Mike Waltz inadvertently saved Goldberg’s phone number as an alternate number for a National Security Council spokesperson. But people don’t seem as curious about an arguably more consequential question: Why did Goldberg leave the chat?
Move over Signalgate, let’s talk Venmogate

3 weeks ago | freedom.press | Martin Shelton

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Local news publishers share how they survived attacks on press freedom

3 weeks ago | freedom.press | Max Abrams

Local newspapers play an indelible role in American journalism, reporting some of the country’s biggest stories from its smallest communities. So when authorities in Marion, Kansas, and Clarksdale, Mississippi, attacked their local newspapers for coverage with which they disagreed, the outlets themselves became the story.
If Trump can deport pro-Palestine activists, journalists could be next

4 weeks ago | freedom.press | Seth Stern

Free speech advocates are rightly outraged by the Trump administration’s arrest — no, abduction — of Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil. But it’s shortsighted to view the threat as limited to college students, immigrants, or pro-Palestine activists. Yes, it’s fair to say that the people most similarly situated to Khalil are the ones at the highest immediate risk. But authoritarianism is a slippery slope.
Advice column: Should I be concerned about AI transcription tools?

1 month ago | freedom.press | Martin Shelton

Welcome to “Ask a security trainer,” the column where the Digital Security Training team at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) answers your burning questions at the intersection of journalism and security. Submit yours here! Let’s jump right into this week’s question. Dear DST,At this moment where many companies are using “AI” to market their tools, I noticed some tools I depend on doing the same, particularly cloud transcription services like Otter.ai.
Ad CEO boasts about data broker capabilities

1 month ago | freedom.press | Martin Shelton

It’s the digital security training team at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), with security news that keeps you, your sources, and your devices safe. If someone shared this newsletter with you, please subscribe here. At the risk of drawing more public scrutiny and regulatory blowback, one would think that representatives of the ad industry would not want to brag about how much they use data brokers — companies that primarily collect and sell information about you.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow

1 month ago | freedom.press | Mark Miller

The news business isn’t just any business — it serves a vital role in our democracy, recognized by the First Amendment. But media outlets can’t serve that role if they’re bankrupt. And as a result, news readers often find themselves blocked by paywalls from reading important stories about government business.
Florida lawmakers want online news outlets to self-censor

1 month ago | freedom.press | Caitlin Vogus |Seth Stern

Journalists and press freedom advocates were rightly appalled last month when a single judge in small-town Mississippi ordered one newspaper to remove one allegedly defamatory editorial from its website. But now, Florida’s legislature is pushing countless news outlets across the Sunshine State to do the same thing.
Dropping malicious browser extensions

1 month ago | freedom.press | Martin Shelton

It’s the digital security training team at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), with security news that keeps you, your sources, and your devices safe. If someone shared this newsletter with you, please subscribe here. Browser extensions are small pieces of software for augmenting the behavior of your web browser — for example, extensions designed to block ads.