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A record sentence in the ‘Vault 7’ leak case
Joshua Schulte's 40-year sentence is the longest to date for the unauthorized disclosure of national defense information.By Gabe RottmanCategorized in National Security -
When spurious ‘hacking’ claims chill journalism
The idea that viewing a site’s source code amounts to hacking is, to put it gently, ridiculous. -
California city backs down from misguided ‘hacking’ lawsuit against bloggers
The city of Fullerton has abandoned a lawsuit that had dangerous implications for data journalism. -
Supreme Court justices sound skeptical note on government’s view of anti-hacking law
The justices’ questioning about the scope of the anti-hacking law should give the Justice Department some reason for concern. -
This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: July 12, 2020
Here’s what the staff of the Technology and Press Freedom Project at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press… -
Media coalition urges Supreme Court to narrow scope of federal hacking law to protect newsgathering
A lower court’s broad interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act could chill newsgathering.By Sasha PetersCategorized in Newsgathering -
Scraping public websites likely doesn’t violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, court holds
Federal appeals court ruling has potentially major implications for data journalists, favorable for newsgathering -
Reporters Committee analysis of U.S. government indictment of Julian Assange – Part II
In response to our analysis of the Justice Department’s Computer Fraud and Abuse Act conspiracy charge against Julian Assange, we’ve…By Gabe RottmanCategorized in Special Analysis -
Reporters Committee statement on U.S. indictment of Julian Assange
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice publicly announced that it had indicted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The announcement followed…