Freedom of the Press Foundation

1 week ago | freedom.press | Max Abrams

As a reporter on the press freedom beat, Liam Scott chronicled abuses against journalists at home and abroad for Voice of America. But he was shocked when the experiences of those on the other side of the page became his own. In March, President Donald Trump signed an executive order suddenly gutting the United States Agency for Global Media, which oversees VOA.

1 week 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. In May 2024, Microsoft announced a new feature named Recall, which would take screenshots of Windows users’ activities every few seconds and retain them for later searches. Windows users could then use Microsoft’s Copilot AI to search through their previous activity.

2 weeks ago | freedom.press | Lauren Harper |Seth Stern

When the Trump administration quickly fulfilled our Freedom of Information Act request for a memo belying its own rationales both for mass deporting Venezuelans and for cracking down on leaks to the press, we had plenty of theories about why. Maybe someone in the FOIA office used our request as an opportunity to blow the whistle. Maybe it was some kind of mistake. But one possibility that never occurred to us was that administration higher-ups somehow thought that the memo made them look good.

2 weeks ago | freedom.press | Seth Stern

Rümeysa Öztürk never supported terrorism. That’s not even debatable at this point. A federal judge confirmed the government has no evidence to deport the Tufts University graduate student besides her co-authorship of an op-ed opposing the war in Gaza. The Washington Post has reported that the State Department warned the government before it nabbed her off the street near her home that there was no basis to deport her.

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. Following last year’s arrest by French authorities of Telegram founder Pavel Durov, the company is apparently much more cooperative about compliance with legal requests for user data.