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EXPLAINED: Jameel jaffer - The Real Truth

Trump now calls war reporting ‘treason’. His attacks on the press are escalating fast

The US president is using the language and the strategy of authoritarians once again

The Guardian - US

Free press organizations and journalists sound the alarm over Don Lemon’s arrest: ‘Journalism is not a crime’

‘Jailing a journalist for doing their job is dangerous — not only for press freedom, but for the public’s right to know,’ the National Press Club said on Friday.

The Independent UK

FBI search of Washington Post reporter’s home sparks outrage from journalists and press organizations: ‘Hallmarks of illiberal regimes’

‘Searches of newsrooms and journalists are hallmarks of illiberal regimes, and we must ensure that these practices are not normalized here,’ the Knight First Amendment Institute stated on Wednesday

The Independent UK

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FBI searches WaPo reporter's home and devices

Past leak probes stopped short of raiding homes.

Axios

This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning

The Knight Institute is defending free speech at a school now synonymous with compromising on it

The Guardian - US

US universities face choice to surrender or fight back against Trump’s ‘takeover’

‘Extraordinary fear’ takes hold at universities as Trump campaign threatens investigations or loss of federal funds

The Guardian - US

Trump Treatment Of Columbia Puts US Universities On Edge

Hit by massive funding cuts and a crackdown on student protesters, Columbia University is under fire from US President Donald Trump, putting the world of higher education on tenterhooks.

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Trump and the imperial presidency

Presidential powers have expanded dramatically throughout American history. Now we've handed them back to him

Salon

Federal Court To Hear Appeal From TikTok On US Law That Could Lead To Its Ban

The court will hear arguments from TikTok's attorney, the creators' attorney and the Justice Department, which is defending the law. The parties have requested the court to decide by Dec. 6 so that the losing party gets time to appeal with the Supreme Court before the law takes effect in…

International Business Times

How The US And Assange Reached A Plea Deal - And What It Means

After more than thirteen years in England, including five years spent in prison, Julian Assange pleaded guilty in the Northern Mariana Islands, a far-flung US territory in the Pacific, and walked out of court a free man.

International Business Times

UK ruling on Assange extradition ‘resets the game’. What happens next?

Rights groups laud latest decision as an investigative journalist warns Assange ‘might be entombed in prison for life’.

Al Jazeera

TikTok owner ByteDance files lawsuit against US law forcing app’s sale

In April, President Joe Biden signed a law giving ByteDance nine months to sell US operations over security concerns.

Al Jazeera

UK ruling on Julian Assange ‘killing him slowly’, say free speech advocates

London’s High Court ruled that Assange can appeal against extradition if the US fails to provide certain assurances.

Al Jazeera

Assange extradition on hold — for now

Court requires US "assurances" that WikiLeaks publisher's rights will be protected and he won't face death penalty

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WEKU

Supreme Court examines whether government can combat disinformation online

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Missouri, Louisiana and five individuals who were either banned from social media during the pandemic or whose posts, they say, were not prominently featured.

Roll Call

Supreme Court to weigh government role in online misinformation - Roll Call

The case could determine how far the federal government can go to in communicating with social media sites.

Roll Call

Schumer signals slower pace on TikTok measure in the Senate - Roll Call

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer offered no timetable for a vote on a measure to force the divestiture of TikTok.

WEKU

Content creators blast a potential TikTok ban

The House is gearing up for a Wednesday vote on legislation that could lead to a ban on one of the most widely used apps in the world, with an estimated 170 million users in the United States alone.

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The Guardian - US

The US justice department must drop spy charges against Julian Assange

As the UK considers extraditing the WikiLeaks founder, American press freedom hangs in the balance

Al Jazeera

Julian Assange appeals in ‘most important press freedom case in the world’

A court will decide if Julian Assange may appeal extradition to the US, where relatives say he could die in jail.

The Texas Tribune

Federal judge seems wary of Texas ban on TikTok at public universities

Last year, Texas joined more than 30 other states in banning TikTok on government-issued cell phones and computers. A nationwide coalition of professors are suing the state over the ban, arguing it has limited their ability to teach and research the social media app.

Reason

Jameel Jaffer (Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia) and I, at Cornell, on Free Expression

I much enjoyed this panel, introduced by Cornell President Martha Pollack and moderated by Cornell Dean of Faculty Eve De Rosa; you can watch it here. My fellow panelist (with whom I largely agreed), Jameel Jaffer, is a former deputy legal director at the American Civil Liberties Union and director…

The Guardian - US

Elon Musk’s hypocrisy about free speech hits a new low

It’s ‘free speech for me, but not for thee’ in his world – he doesn’t like it, he sues

The Independent UK

First Amendment group sues Texas Governor and others over the state's TikTok ban on official devices

A First Amendment group sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott and others on Thursday over the state’s TikTok ban on official devices

The Guardian - US

What’s really changed 10 years after the Snowden revelations?

The whistleblower forced US intelligence agencies to admit extensive spying on their own citizens. Some reforms were enacted but Snowden still faces potentially 30 years in prison

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