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All federal law enforcement agencies need clear, public guidelines to protect journalists

Records RCFP obtained show what can happen when federal law enforcement agencies lack clear rules to protect press freedom.

January 5, 2023

By Shawn Musgrave
Categorized in Newsgathering
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Federal judge orders border agency to release records related to Twitter unmasking

RCFP sued CBP in 2018 for records concerning the agency’s effort to identify the person behind an anonymous Twitter account.

October 25, 2021

By Chris Young
Categorized in Freedom of Information
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Emails show border agent who investigated journalist and her sources in contact with FBI

Customs and Border Protection released the heavily redacted emails in response to a FOIA lawsuit filed by RCFP, CPJ.

July 13, 2020

By Courtney Douglas and Gabe Rottman
Categorized in Protecting Sources and Materials
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This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: Oct. 13, 2019

Here’s what the staff of the Technology and Press Freedom Project at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press…

October 14, 2019

By Gabe Rottman
Categorized in Policy
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Reporters Committee, CPJ sue Customs and Border Protection over FOIA non-compliance

CBP has failed to produce records concerning attempts to identify a journalist’s sources, violating FOIA.

August 8, 2019

By Simren Verma
Categorized in Freedom of Information
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