First Amendment

The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit could reshape online speech nationwide.

In a letter to LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, RCFP called his threats “an affront to the First Amendment.”

The push for government-enforced “fairness” in social media content moderation threatens the freedoms of traditional news outlets.

By far the biggest portion of Judge Jackson’s relevant case record on press freedom issues concerns FOIA litigation.

As advocates celebrated "Sunshine Week," news organizations continued to fight for access court records and government documents.

A case involving a federal border agent could have serious implications for journalists’ First Amendment rights, says RCFP's Grayson Clary.

New York's proposed regulation is a different side of the same unconstitutional coin as bills recently passed in Florida, Texas.

A brewing storm over pre-publication review?

Bivens remedies are a powerful deterrent against law enforcement interfering in newsgathering.

As the Reporters Committee has argued in the past, targeted, long-term surveillance threatens the First Amendment.