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Experts wary of ‘platforms as publishers’
"Whenever this period of publishing tumult subsides, is it possible that stability will emerge? That hope was invoked by panelist Andrew McLaughlin, a part…
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CPJ joins call urging White House to protect encryption for journalists
Journalists are safest when their devices are secure by default. That is why the Committee to Protect Journalists today joined a coalition of nearly 150 civil s…
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Officials sentenced in Colombia for spying on journalists
""Spying on the press violates one of the central precepts of journalism: that reporters will be able to protect their sources, particularly in an env…
Surveillance forces journalists to think and act like spies
Once upon a time, a journalist never gave up a confidential source. When someone comes forward, anonymously, to inform the public, it's better to risk time…
Two continents, two courts, two approaches to privacy
At 3:20 a.m. on August 24, 2014, the strongest earthquake in a quarter-centuryrocked the San Francisco Bay Area, causing damage widely estimated at between $300…
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UPDATE: Google, Mozilla revoke authority of CNNIC after breach of trust
""Security lapses like CNNIC's place journalists at elevated risk," said Geoffrey King, CPJ's Internet Advocacy program coordinator. &quo…
Yahoo! End-to-End email preview promises greater protection for journalists
Good news for journalists wanting added protection from surveillance. Yahoo! hasannounced a technical preview of its email security tool End-to-End, which it ha…
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How journalists should reframe the encryption debate
"Geoffrey King, the internet advocacy coordinator for CPJ who helped draft the letter to the UN, said that framework needs to urge nations to recognize enc…
CPJ calls on U.N. to protect use of encryption for journalists
Cross-posted from the Committee to Protect Journalists blog. For journalists to work safely they must be able to protect themselves and their sources, which is…
Classifying media and encryption as a threat is danger to press freedom
The U.K. prides itself on its commitment to free expression, but the latest revelations of surveillance of journalists and calls by Britain's Prime Minister…
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For journalists coming into US, policies border on the absurd
"Catherine Crump, Associate Director of the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic at UC Berkeley School of Law, agrees. "After the Suprem…
Protecting Journalism in the Digital Era
Cross-posted from Stanford Lawyer. Imagine that you are participating in a protest on a university campus. The campus police ask everyone to leave. Some prot…