Publications

Over the past two decades, the VPN industry has grown spectacularly, with plenty of competition between providers. The days when a review of VPN logging policies was a novelty are long gone. While new VPN services launch frequently, it’s rare to se...

The smell of blood and smoke still lingers in the memory of those who lived through the Nuseirat massacre in the heart of the Gaza Strip. One year has passed since the slaughter on 8 June 2024, when Israeli forces launched a “hostage rescue” operati...

Always sold at highly competitive prices that almost anyone can afford, Amazon’s Fire TV Stick has enjoyed more than a decade of success, driving millions to the company’s video and online retail platforms. Popular all year round and at times selling...

Earlier this month, Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) and the Society of Professional Journalists led a letter to Steve Catalano, chair of the Greene County Board of Supervisors, objecting to a policy that reportedly prohibited county employees f...

Dear Friend of Press Freedom, It’s the 94th day that Rümeysa Öztürk is facing deportation by the United States government for writing an op-ed it didn’t like. More press freedom news below. Paramount should abandon mediation with Trump. So should the...

After a decade of focusing efforts overseas, the push for pirate site blocking has landed back on American shores. There are currently two bills in the making; the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA) introduced by Representative Zoe Lofgren in Fe...

The government’s plan to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is a hugely significant step in the steady erosion of civil liberties. This decline began under Tony Blair’s premiership, was advanced by the last Tory government and is now pu...

Español A Georgia court has decided that private non-profit Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) must comply with public records requests under the Georgia Open Records Act for some of its functions on behalf of the Atlanta Police Department. This is a...

Español Today’s decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton is a direct blow to the free speech rights of adults. The Court ruled that “no person—adult or child—has a First Amendment right to access speech that is obscene to minors without first su...

Español Two recent statements from the surveillance company—one addressing Illinois privacy violations and another defending the company's national surveillance network—reveal a troubling pattern: when confronted by evidence of widespread abuse, Fl...