GigaTap articles tagged press freedom.
- PPE Bans Raise a Larger Risk Than Reporter Safety - Restrictions on protective gear at protests may affect more than journalists. They can reduce independent observation when public scrutiny matters most.
- DOJ Press Protection Questions Move Into Court - A new FOIA lawsuit seeks records that could reveal whether statutory protections for journalists were omitted during warrant applications.
- Who Gets to Decide Who Counts as a Journalist? - A dispute in New Jersey highlights a broader press freedom question: can police decide who qualifies for journalistic protections?
- VPN bans would hit more than age-gate evasion - Freedom of the Press Foundation warns that restricting VPNs would weaken tools journalists use to research sensitive targets, protect sources, and reduce n
- When settlements become political leverage - FPF argues that Paramount’s Trump settlement and weak attorney discipline helped normalize a dangerous use of courts and regulators as political pressure t
- Failed YouTube warrants exposed a wider privacy risk - Unsealed records show failed warrants targeting journalists’ YouTube accounts. The key risk is not only press freedom, but platform metadata and sealed pro
- Journalists slam Paramount deal over press-freedom risk - Journalists and filmmakers warn the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger could weaken editorial independence and concentrate control over major
- A Judge, a Trump Lawsuit, and a Recusal Question - FPF says a Florida judge ruled for Trump in a Pulitzer-related defamation case while seeking a federal judgeship from Trump’s administration.
- When an FBI Leak Probe Tests the First Amendment - A reported FBI probe into The Atlantic’s Patel coverage raises a core press-freedom question: leak enforcement or retaliation?
- Paramount's Trump Deals Face a Shareholder Records Demand - Freedom of the Press Foundation and Reporters Without Borders say Paramount should turn over records tied to reported Trump-friendly deals, editorial chang
- Georgia’s media freedom crisis: what the latest warning says, and what to verify next - MFRR partners warn that press freedom in Georgia has deteriorated rapidly since the contested October 2024 elections. The available excerpt is sparse, so h