Press Freedom

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Press Freedom

Surveilling journalists to discover their sources. Using the Espionage Act to prosecute whistleblowers for disclosing information to the press that the public should know. Arresting and attacking journalists reporting on social unrest. Criminalizing the kinds of activities that journalists engage in routinely and as a necessary part of their work. Serious threats, all, to the freedom of the press. 

This blog channel highlights the Institute’s ongoing work to preserve and strengthen free press protections in the digital age.

Advocacy

Press Statement

Leaders of Free Speech and Press Freedom Groups Call for More Robust Response to Trump ’s Assault on First Amendment Freedoms

Universities, media organizations, law firms must assert and defend their constitutional rights, letter says

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Research

Essays and Scholarship

Protecting Immigrant Activists From U.S. Government Retaliation: Lessons From First Amendment Litigation

Immigrant activists in the U.S. face legal and structural barriers when fighting First Amendment retaliation. 

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Research

Essays and Scholarship

AI as Normal Technology

An alternative to the vision of AI as a potential superintelligence

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Litigation

Press Statement

Fourth Circuit Revives Challenge to Policy Silencing Immigration Judges

The independence of agencies charged with protecting employee rights has been compromised by Trump administration, court suggests

 

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