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"A report published Monday, ahead of the FCC's Thursday vote to repeal net neutrality, highlights the damage that repeal could have on local news.
The report, "Slowing Down The Presses: The Relationship Between Net Neutrality and Local News," comes out of Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society. Read more about Report: The repeal of net neutrality will hurt local news
"“The links for Cabrera, the only word I can put on it is diabolical, as clever as they were evil,” said Geoffrey King, a lawyer and technology program coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists, a group that promotes press freedom worldwide."
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""Building secure software is a highly challenging task, even for a world-class team such as Apple's," Riana Pfefferkorn, Cryptography Fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, told CPJ via Twitter. Government attempts to undermine security for law enforcement purposes only make the problem worse., she said. Read more about Apple vulnerability is surprising, but journalists should stick with iPhones
"Geoffrey King, technology program coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists, said such policies could jeopardize the safety and careers of reporters and their sources, and set a bad example for more repressive states to use the policy as a cover to crack down on press freedoms.
“The practice of suspicionless searches of electronics is something that has serious implications for press freedom not only in the U.S. but around the world,” said Mr. King." Read more about Reporter’s Detention Fuels Debate Over Cellphone Searches
"A cybercrime report under discussion on Tuesday includes proposals to allow application blocking explicitly, said Pallero, which would increase the number of cases in Brazil.
The block may have impeded journalists' ability to perform their jobs, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Read more about WhatsApp Goes Through Judicial Revolving Door in Brazil
""Journalists in Brazil regularly rely on WhatsApp for their reporting," said CPJ Technology Program Coordinator Geoffrey King. "Blocking access to such a widely used platform is an overreach that violates the open nature of the Internet and disproportionally damages the free flow of information."" Read more about CPJ alarmed by WhatsApp block in Brazil
"Geoffrey King, director of the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Technology Program, said the AFP’s actions were “obviously outrageous”.
“This should not be happening. But it is the inevitable result of mandatory data retention and mass surveillance, which is neither necessary nor proportional to any threat,” King said. “It doesn’t line up with the values that we all adhere to, to good counter-terrorism strategy, and it certainly doesn’t line up with a free and open society where journalists can do their jobs.”" Read more about Edward Snowden on police pursuing journalist data: the scandal is what the law allows
"Whenever this period of publishing tumult subsides, is it possible that stability will emerge? That hope was invoked by panelist Andrew McLaughlin, a partner at the media startup “betaworks” who served as deputy chief technology officer to the United States from 2009 to 2011. It will not, he answered. “The real trick,” McLaughlin explained, “is not for publishers to seek protective zones within these platforms, but to build stuff,” as in their own technology." Read more about Experts wary of ‘platforms as publishers’
""Spying on the press violates one of the central precepts of journalism: that reporters will be able to protect their sources, particularly in an environment as risky as Colombia, which historically has been one of the most dangerous countries for journalists in the region," said Geoffrey King, CPJ's Internet advocacy coordinator, from New York. "The sentencing of Hurtado and Moreno sets an important precedent for leaders around the world who seek to snoop through journalists' records with impunity."" Read more about Officials sentenced in Colombia for spying on journalists
""Security lapses like CNNIC's place journalists at elevated risk," said Geoffrey King, CPJ's Internet Advocacy program coordinator. "This decision by Google and Mozilla will help protect those most vulnerable to online attacks. We urge other software developers to follow suit."" Read more about UPDATE: Google, Mozilla revoke authority of CNNIC after breach of trust
