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Trump's DOJ didn't just go after Don Lemon and Georgia Fort — it even tried to get the names, addresses, and emails of people who WATCHED their YouTube videos.
This is a First Amendment nightmare.
Watch @trevortimm explain.
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- John Oliver implores the Senate to pass the PRESS Act! It's already passed the House unanimously. It would protect journalists across the political spectrum from spying and the threat of jail time for doing their jobs.
00:00 - The arrest of @BOLNETWORK's Jameel Farooqui is the latest example of "unprecedented censorship" by the Pakistani government. Media orgs, journalist unions and campaign groups have denounced the trend as a serious threat to press freedom in Pakistan.
- The Brazilian government should immediately halt investigations into @ggreenwald and @TheInterceptBr’s reporting on official corruption. Such intimidation tactics are a brazen attack on press freedom.
- BREAKING: In an OUTRAGEOUS violation of press freedom, the Brazilian government has ignored a Supreme Court order and charged journalist @ggreenwald with "cybercrimes" for @TheInterceptBr's investigative series on widespread corruption in Brazil.
- "Indian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Mohammad Zubair, and cease harassing him in retaliation for his work."
- Starting with Gawker and L.A. Weekly, we're backing up entire news sites that might be threatened by the "billionaire problem," in which wealthy buyers can erase coverage they dislike
- We echo Siddique's call for a thorough, independent investigation into the murder of her husband, journalist Arshad Sharif.Gov registered cases and charged my journalist husband @arsched under ‘treason’ and compelled him to leave his pak and later forced him to leave UAE. On 24Oct he was assassinated in Kenya. We request @UNinPak @UN @antonioguterres @volker_turk @UNHumanRights to investigate case.
- The 10th anniversary of @Snowden's NSA revelations should serve as a reminder that whistleblowers who reveal official illegality, and the journalists with whom they collaborate, should be the subjects of admiration, not indictments.
- Replying to @FreedomofPress and @BOLNETWORKEarlier this month, Pakistani authorities unlawfully blocked the transmission of @ARYNEWSOFFICIAL and arrested the outlet’s senior executive vice president without a warrant. The intimidation and harassment of critical journalists must stop immediately.
- BREAKING: Chelsea Manning ordered released from jail, where she has been held for over a year for refusing to cooperate with a grand jury. Her testimony "is no longer needed, in light of which her detention no longer serves any coercive purpose."
- Sheriff Joe Arpaio once arrested some reporters covering him and subpoenaed the IP addresses of the people who read their stories about him.Replying to @phoenixnewtimesHe arrested New Times reporters for covering him. We won a $3.75 million settlement for that one. phoenixnewtimes.com/news/joe-arpai…
- The press freedom crisis in Brazil is escalating. Journalists have the right to do their job without fear of arrest. The Brazilian government must immediately halt their intimidation tactics against @ggreenwald and @TheInterceptBr.Unthinkable in any democracy: Justice Minister Sergio Moro is commanding the investigation into our journalism even though his corruption is what we've exposed. He's threatening to revise a dictatorship-era national security law to arrest me for reporting www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/…
- It’s with great sadness we share the news that our friend, our co-founder, our hero Daniel Ellsberg passed away today. We remember and pay respect to his incredible bravery and legacy.
