From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Update: Marion County, Kansas, agreed Nov. 10 to pay more than $3 million for its role in a raid on the Marion County Record newsroom in 2023.
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Newsroom, personal equipment seized in Kansas raid
Local law enforcement executed a search warrant on the offices of the Marion County Record on Aug. 11, 2023, seizing …
Police and judges need a refresher on the First Amendment. Kansas’ Marion County just provided the syllabus — the expensive way.
Freedom of the Press
Kansas county pays $3M for forgetting the First Amendment
Marion County cops got their First Amendment lesson the hard way. Police elsewhere should take note
ICE isn’t letting the government shutdown stop it from tearing apart communities. So FPF won’t let a shutdown stop us from suing to force transparency. Our latest FOIA suit gets at the heart of ICE’s efforts to restrict congressional access to its detention centers.
Freedom of the Press
FPF takes ICE to court over dangerous secrecy
FOIA lawsuit targets ICE’s efforts to stop congressional oversight of detention facilities
When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent Check out this story by Michelle Zenarosa in Poynter:
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When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent - Poynter
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we're still figuring out how to sustain it
YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israeli human rights violations: "A capitulation to Trump sanctions" Read more in this @The Intercept story by Nikita Mazurov and Jonah Valdez
The Intercept
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
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Shutting down the government doesn't shut down the First Amendment. It's absurd to exclude reporters from immigration hearings absent government permission, especially when it's impossible to obtain permission, and especially when the current government despises First Amendment freedoms.
CNS Maryland
Local immigration court ousts reporters from hearings
Federal officials ordered two reporters out of immigration court and barred them from observing future proceedings until they get permission from t...
When @Wired made FOIA-based stories free, subscriptions went up. When @404 Media published public records reporting without a paywall, new sources came forward. We spoke to both about why dropping paywalls like this is good for journalism — and for business.
Freedom of the Press
Wired and 404 Media make FOIA reporting free. Other news outlets should too
We spoke to Katie Drummond of Wired, Joseph Cox of 404 Media, and Lauren Harper of Freedom of the Press Foundation about the case for unpaywalling ...
Indiana University ordered its student-run newspaper to cease all print publication Oct. 15, less than one day after the administration fired the student newspaper’s adviser.
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Indiana University orders student paper to stop printing after firing adviser
Administrators at Indiana University Bloomington fired the adviser to the Indiana Daily Student on Oct. 14, 2025, and then hours …
The detention by ICE of British journalist and commentator Sami Hamdi solely for his views while on a speaking tour in the U.S. is a blatant assault on free speech. These are the tactics of the Thought Police.
the Guardian
ICE detains British journalist after criticism of Israel on US tour
Trump ally Laura Loomer took credit for Sami Hamdi’s detainment in move denounced as ‘affront to free speech’