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 · Mar 18
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 · Jan 30
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 · Jan 14
FBI searches WaPo reporter's home and devices Past leak probes stopped short of raiding homes. Axios · Jan 14
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 · Oct 10, 2025
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 · Mar 20, 2025
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. International Business Times · Mar 18, 2025
Trump and the imperial presidency Presidential powers have expanded dramatically throughout American history. Now we've handed them back to him Salon · Nov 10, 2024
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 · Sep 16, 2024
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 · Jun 26, 2024
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 · May 22, 2024
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 · May 7, 2024
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 · Mar 26, 2024
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 Salon · Mar 26, 2024
WEKU · Mar 18, 2024 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 · Mar 14, 2024 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 · Mar 14, 2024 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 · Mar 13, 2024 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.
The Guardian - US · Feb 20, 2024 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 · Feb 20, 2024 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 · Nov 16, 2023 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 · Sep 28, 2023 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 · Sep 7, 2023 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 · Jul 13, 2023 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 · Jun 7, 2023 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