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Dear Friend of Press Freedom, This week we examine how leaks are fueling reporting in spite of crackdowns on whistleblowers and journalists. And Rümeysa Öztürk may be out of jail but her ordeal isn’t over. It’s now the 59th day that she’s facing depo...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) has informed Paramount Global executives that it plans to file a lawsuit if Paramount settles with President Donald Trump over his court case against CBS News. News reports indicate Paramou...

Over the past two decades, online piracy has proven to be a massive headache for the entertainment industries. Governments around the world have recognized this challenge and, where possible, lend a helping hand to identify and address the threats. T...

When the Trump administration quickly fulfilled our Freedom of Information Act request for a memo belying its own rationales both for mass deporting Venezuelans and for cracking down on leaks to the press, we had plenty of theories about why. Maybe s...

To protect copyright holders, YouTube regularly removes, disables, or demonetizes videos that contain allegedly infringing content. For years, little was known about the scope of these copyright claims. That changed three years ago when the streaming...

Read in Arabic / للقراءة بالعربية Syria was once described as “one of the most dangerous places to use the internet in the world.” Under the rule of Bashar al-Assad, every online step carried risk: deep-packet inspection to facilitate surveillance an...

Rümeysa Öztürk never supported terrorism. That’s not even debatable at this point. A federal judge confirmed the government has no evidence to deport the Tufts University graduate student besides her co-authorship of an op-ed opposing the war in Gaza...

Around 15 years ago, the French government launched an expansive monitoring and enforcement system to fight online piracy. With fines and internet terminations for recidivists, the so-called Hadopi system was arguably ahead of its time. Users of th...

When foreign secretary David Lammy touched down in Pakistan last week, his visit was more than just a diplomatic routine. It marked Britain’s uneasy re-entry into the turbulence of its imperial past. The visit came just days after India and Pakistan...

The UK government announced yesterday that it would suspend free trade talks with Israel, as David Lammy condemned in parliament the “monstrous” situation in Gaza. Three illegal settlers in the West Bank were also sanctioned by the Foreign Office. Th...