The French National Assembly "has done the right thing: it rejected a dangerous proposal that would have gutted end-to-end encryption in the name of fighting drug trafficking," @Electronic Frontier Foundation's Joe Mullin writes.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate
In a moment of clarity after initially moving forward a deeply flawed piece of legislation, the French National Assembly has done the right thing: ...
The attack on PBS and NPR is an attack on journalism. The administration is just going after them first because public funding makes them the low-hanging fruit. We're proud to partner on this letter with CPJ and RSF.
Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ, FPF, and RSF urge Congressional support for public broadcasting and press freedom - Committee to Protect Journalists
On Tuesday, March 25, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) sent a...
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"When you have secrecy on each side, the public has no way to understand what is happening inside the government," Lauren Harper told The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/25/signal-government-trump-administration-federal-workers/
Make sure you’re inviting the right person to your Signal group! To help confirm someone’s identity and keep track of your contacts, @Signal offers nicknames and information about the groups you share in common with your contacts. Learn about Signal’s identifiers:
Freedom of the Press
Understanding every one of Signal’s identifiers
We’ve heard some questions about the difference between Signal usernames, phone numbers, profile names, profiles, and nicknames. Let’s talk abo...
Journalists are civilians and targeting them is absolutely illegal and inexcusable. Everyone involved in these assassinations should be held accountable, including U.S. officials who continue to bankroll Israeli war crimes of which they have full knowledge.
Al Jazeera
Israeli strike kills Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat in Gaza
Video from Gaza’s Beit Lahiya shows the aftermath of an Israeli strike that killed Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat.
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Tech companies should commit to oppose legal demands for journalists’ electronic communications records and fight gag orders. Better yet, they should expand end-to-end encryption to collect as little information as possible about user communications.
Freedom of the Press
Tech giants must protect reporter-source privacy in leak cases
Leak investigations are back. Here’s what tech companies can do to defend freedom of the press
A judge recently found that DOGE is “likely covered” by FOIA and may have to make its documents publicly available by request. To break down the ruling, Lauren Harper engaged with Reddit's r/IAmA community members in a Q&A session earlier this week.
Freedom of the Press
Reddit asks, we answer: Q&A on DOGE, Musk, and government secrecy
Despite a judge ruling DOGE is “likely covered” by FOIA, it’s not a guarantee its records will soon see the light of day
We commend Wired for dropping its paywall for FOIA-based reporting and hope other news outlets will follow its lead.
Freedom of the Press
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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It’s Marco Rubio’s party, and he’ll burn documents if he wants to Don’t miss this week’s edition of “The Classifieds” newsletter:
Freedom of the Press
It’s Marco Rubio’s party, and he’ll burn documents if he wants to
Plus: A judge ruled DOGE is likely subject to FOIA. But that doesn’t mean we’re guaranteed to see its records.
Musk campaigning: There should be no need for FOIA, because all government records should be public by default. Musk governing: My “efficiency” team isn’t subject to FOIA and if we are, we’ll need three years to produce records.
Musk’s Team Must Produce Documents to Comply With Open Records Laws, Judge Says
A federal judge in Washington ordered Elon Musk’s team and the Office of Management and Budget to begin releasing internal documents “as soon a...
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