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Media coalition condemns LA County sheriff’s threat to investigate LA Times reporter
In a letter to LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, RCFP called his threats “an affront to the First Amendment.”Categorized in First Amendment
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In Texas clash with Silicon Valley, traditional press freedoms at risk
The push for government-enforced “fairness” in social media content moderation threatens the freedoms of traditional news outlets.Categorized in Content Restrictions
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, opinions offer insight into views on First Amendment, FOIA
By far the biggest portion of Judge Jackson’s relevant case record on press freedom issues concerns FOIA litigation.Categorized in First Amendment
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Amid ‘Sunshine Week,’ darkness persists in state public records law
As advocates celebrated "Sunshine Week," news organizations continued to fight for access court records and government documents.Categorized in Court Access
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Reporters Committee Q&A highlights important First Amendment case before US Supreme Court
A case involving a federal border agent could have serious implications for journalists’ First Amendment rights, says RCFP's Grayson Clary.By Doris ZhangCategorized in First Amendment
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Well-meaning or not, proposed New York social media regulation bill likely unconstitutional
New York's proposed regulation is a different side of the same unconstitutional coin as bills recently passed in Florida, Texas.Categorized in Content Restrictions
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The government’s employee-censorship regime has a new challenger: A former defense secretary
A brewing storm over pre-publication review?Categorized in First Amendment
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Supreme Court to consider whether federal officers can be sued personally for retaliating against exercise of free speech rights
Bivens remedies are a powerful deterrent against law enforcement interfering in newsgathering.Categorized in First Amendment
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Supreme Court asked to consider whether long-term pole camera surveillance constitutes search under Fourth Amendment
As the Reporters Committee has argued in the past, targeted, long-term surveillance threatens the First Amendment.Categorized in First Amendment
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For Facebook, a week in the limelight
The social media network is facing intense scrutiny in the wake of an outage, whistleblower disclosures and antitrust litigation.Categorized in First Amendment
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