Publications

In the decade preceding 2023, overseas sales of Japanese content tripled, reaching approximately 5.8 trillion yen or roughly US$38.3 billion at today’s rates. According to the five-year action plan laid out in the 2025 Entertainment and Creative Indu...

If fewer newspapers exist to request public records, does the government become less transparent? That’s the question at the heart of “Dark Deserts,” a new research paper by David Cuillier of the Freedom of Information Project at the Brechner Center...

The Supreme Court case between several major record labels and Cox Communications is a landmark legal battle. The outcome will determine how Internet providers should deal with pirating subscribers on their networks. Should alleged pirates be disconn...

Pro-Israel lobbyist Stuart Polak consulted one of Israel’s top diplomats and a US billionaire about sourcing new funding opportunities, Declassified can reveal. The information comes in an email exchange between Polak and Israel’s then consul general...

NEW YORK—The United Automobile Workers (UAW), Communications Workers of America (CWA), and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) filed a lawsuit today against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and s...

Should you have to think twice before posting a protest flyer to your Instagram story? Or feel pressure to delete that bald JD Vance meme that you shared? Now imagine that you could get kicked out of the country—potentially losing your job or educati...

Under the international umbrella of IFPI, the RIAA in the United States, and the BPI in London, the world’s leading recording labels have been on a constant upwards trajectory for a decade. After the likes of Napster, Grokster, and LimeWire gatecra...

With many millions of daily users, Reddit is undoubtedly one of the most visited sites on the Internet. The platform celebrated its 20th anniversary this summer and has grown from a hobby site, started by two college roommates, to a billion-dollar...

On September 1, 2025, media reported that U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was lifting a stop work order that had paused a $2 million USD contract with spyware vendor Paragon Solutions. The government issued the stop work order in Octo...

More than 100 politicians, journalists and campaigners have condemned a “flagrant and partisan attempt to suppress investigative journalism” by parliament. It comes after officials blocked Declassified from holding a press pass, citing the “particula...