DHS is abusing its authority to shut down ICE-watching accounts. Reporting on public ICE activity is protected by the First Amendment. It’s also something journalists do routinely. Senator Wyden is right to call out this attack on the First Amendment.
The Intercept
Wyden Blasts Kristi Noem for Abusing Subpoena Power to Unmask ICE Watcher
“DHS apparently is trying to expose an individual’s identity in order to chill criticism of the Trump Administration’s immigration policies.”
“It looks like these officers believe transparency itself is obstructive to their operations, which is a pretty good indicator that their operations are in need of obstruction … The First Amendment is intended to obstruct government abuses.”
Freedom of the Press
Immigration agents claim routine reporting violates federal law
Officers who can’t handle public scrutiny should get a job that doesn’t involve publicly abducting people
So we went from feigned outrage about allegedly biased public media to the president making deals with centibillionaire friends to make corporate media more biased. Got it.
the Guardian
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks
Exclusive: Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros Discovery
Mohammed bin Salman should be in a courthouse facing justice for ordering the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Instead, he's at the White House.
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Trump dismisses US intelligence that Saudi prince was likely aware of 2018 killing of journalist
President Donald Trump is dismissing U.S. intelligence findings that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman likely had some culpability in the the ...
LA press rights lawyer Susan Seager: "Cops are banned from shooting non-violent people with deadly projectiles — whether they’re protesters or journalists. Because it’s illegal."
Larry Wilson: Stop shooting at the press while we do our jobs – Daily News
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:
Poynter
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 @npub1s89f...rdtv 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.