#freepress — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #freepress, aggregated by home.social.
-
Republican President Donald Trump lashes out at another female journalist
https://www.ms.now/news/youre-the-worst-trump-rachel-scott-abc-female-journalist
#journalism #freepress #misogyny #1A #gender #Trump #MAGA #media #Republicans #GOP #ABC #RachelScott
-
Republican President Donald Trump lashes out at another female journalist
https://www.ms.now/news/youre-the-worst-trump-rachel-scott-abc-female-journalist
#journalism #freepress #misogyny #1A #gender #Trump #MAGA #media #Republicans #GOP #ABC #RachelScott
-
Republican President Donald Trump lashes out at another female journalist
https://www.ms.now/news/youre-the-worst-trump-rachel-scott-abc-female-journalist
#journalism #freepress #misogyny #1A #gender #Trump #MAGA #media #Republicans #GOP #ABC #RachelScott
-
Republican President Donald Trump lashes out at another female journalist
https://www.ms.now/news/youre-the-worst-trump-rachel-scott-abc-female-journalist
#journalism #freepress #misogyny #1A #gender #Trump #MAGA #media #Republicans #GOP #ABC #RachelScott
-
Republican President Donald Trump lashes out at another female journalist
https://www.ms.now/news/youre-the-worst-trump-rachel-scott-abc-female-journalist
#journalism #freepress #misogyny #1A #gender #Trump #MAGA #media #Republicans #GOP #ABC #RachelScott
-
@revjss A side note: If you can afford it, support Judd Legum's Popular Information newsletter. A #freepress is priceless.
#2A -
@revjss A side note: If you can afford it, support Judd Legum's Popular Information newsletter. A #freepress is priceless.
#2A -
@revjss A side note: If you can afford it, support Judd Legum's Popular Information newsletter. A #freepress is priceless.
#2A -
@revjss A side note: If you can afford it, support Judd Legum's Popular Information newsletter. A #freepress is priceless.
#2A -
In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government’s power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell.
Hugo Black (1886–1971) American politician and jurist, US Supreme Court Justice (1937–71)
New York Times Co. v. United States 403 U.S. 713, 717 (1971) (concurring)More about this quote: wist.info/black-hugo/36400/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hugoblack #scotus #censorship #firstamendment #fourthestate #freepress #freedomofthepress #government #journalism #media #meme #priorrestraint #SCOTUS #tyranny #watchdog
-
Had there been a literary censorship in Rome, we should have had to-day neither Horace, Juvenal, nor the philosophical works of Cicero. If Milton, Dryden, Pope, and Locke had not been free, England would have had neither poets nor philosophers; there is something positively Turkish in proscribing printing; and hampering it is proscription.
[S’il y avait eu une inquisition littéraire à Rome, nous n’aurions aujourd’hui ni Horace, ni Juvénal, ni les œuvres philosophiques de Cicéron. Si Milton, Dryden, Pope, et Locke, n’avaient pas été libres l’Angleterre n’aurait eu ni des poètes, ni des philosophes: il y a je ne sais quoi de turc à proscrire l’imprimerie, et c’est la proscrire que la trop gêner.]Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet]
Letter (1733-06-20) to a First Commissioner [Lettre á un premier commis] [tr. Tallentyre (1919)]More about this quote: wist.info/voltaire/85406/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #voltaire #authors #censorship #classics #freepress #freedomofthepress #history #literature #perspective
-
As you have it in your power, sir, to do some service to letters, I implore you not to clip the wings of our writers so closely, nor to turn into barn-door fowls those who, allowed a start, might become eagles; reasonable liberty permits the mind to soar — slavery makes it creep.
[Puisque vous êtes, monsieur, à portée de rendre service aux belles-lettres, ne rognez pas de si près les ailes à nos écrivains, et ne faites pas des volailles de basse-cour de ceux qui, en prenant l’essor, pourraient devenir des aigles: une liberté honnête élève l’esprit, et l’esclavage le fait ramper.]Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet]
Letter (1733-06-20) to a First Commissioner [Lettre á un premier commis] [tr. Tallentyre (1919)]More about this quote: wist.info/voltaire/85298/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #voltaire #censorship #control #enslavement #freepress #freedomofthepress #liberty #regulation #restrictions #writers
-
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet]
(Spurious)More about this misquote: wist.info/voltaire/34462/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #voltaire #defense #freepress #freespeech #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #integrity #principle #selfsacrifice
-
A quotation from Henry Commager
Who are those who are really disloyal? Those who inflame racial hatreds, who sow religious and class dissensions. Those who subvert the Constitution by violating the freedom of the ballot box. Those who make a mockery of majority rule by the use of the filibuster. Those who impair democracy by denying equal educational facilities. Those who frustrate justice by lynch law or by making a farce of jury trials. Those who deny freedom of speech and of the press and of assembly. Those who press for special favors against the interest of the commonwealth. Those who regard public office as a source of private gain. Those who would exalt the military over the civil. Those who for selfish and private purposes stir up national antagonisms and expose the world to the ruin of war.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 3, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #America #civilliberties #civilrights #corruption #demagoguery #democracy #disloyalty #division #firstamendment #freepress #freespeech #freedomofreligion #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #injustice #jingoism #justice #loyalty #loyaltyoath #military #patriotism #publicoffice #religiousfreedom #unAmerican #usvsthem #votersuppression #votingrights #war #warmongering
-
“Given the documented reporting on #government #leak investigations & the government’s well chronicled efforts to stop them, allowing the government’s filter team to search a reporter’s work product — most of which consists of unrelated information from #confidential #sources — is the equivalent of leaving the government’s fox in charge of the #WashingtonPost’s henhouse,” Porter wrote.
#law #democracy #FreePress #journalism #Trump #authoritarianism #fascism
-
Justiz-Schlappe: Razzien im Fall #Indymedia #linksunten waren rechtswidrig | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Justiz-Schlappe-Razzien-im-Fall-Indymedia-linksunten-waren-rechtswidrig-11141277.html #Journalismus #journalism #FreePress #Pressefreiheit #Verschlüsselung #encryption @RDL
-
The #AP says that if #journalists are invited to cover an event on a pool basis — such as last week when #Trump had meetings in the Oval Office with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince & New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani — it cannot #discriminate on the basis of a news organization’s #FreedomOfSpeech.
“The First Amendment does not stop at the Oval Office door,” said Charles Tobin, the attorney representing the AP.
#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate
-
Secret Plans for Media Censorship
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/13/secret-plans-for-media-censorshiphip-in-australia/
William Evans reports on efforts by Australia’s Department of Home Affairs to revive the four-decade dead D-Notice system. By William Evans Declassified Australia CN at 30 Documents obtained by Declassified Australia show that following the June 2019 Federal Police raids…
#Politics #Australia #Censorship #CivilRights #ClimateChange #FreePress #Secrecy #U.s. #UnitedKingdon #AlanRusbridger #AnnikaSmethurst #AustralianFederalPolice(afp) #AustralianHomeAffairsSecretaryMikePezzullo #Britain’sDefenceAndSecurityMediaAdvisoryCommittee(dsma) #DNoticeSystem #EdwardSnowden #Journalism #MattKennard #MediaEntertainmentAndArtsAlliance(meaa) #PeterDutton #PeterGreste #PrimeMinisterScottMorrison #TheGuardian #WilliamEvans -
Just watched @mariaressa.bsky.social’s powerful speech on how decentralization of information is essential to preserving democracy and the rule of law. 💡
This is a must-watch for anyone who cares about the future of journalism, free speech, and digital rights:
🎥 Maria Ressa at WJF2025 https://youtu.be/3cqQn4d79KEWhat stood out to me: Centralized platforms are inherently at odds with democratic values. While Bluesky is a step up from Twitter, the real heroes are those already in the #Fediverse—you’re building the future we need! 👏
Maria’s argument that decentralized, open systems are the only way to safeguard truth feels more urgent than ever. If the internet is controlled by a few corporations, how can we trust the information shaping our democracies?
The #Fediverse—of which #Mastodon is a part—is fully free and open-source, as beautifully explained by @_elena in this video:
🎥 About the Fediverse: https://youtu.be/YRJHIJy5NnoTo those already here: THANK YOU for being part of this movement! 🙌 Now, let’s spread the word—invite others to join the Fediverse. Here are some instances to share:
🔗 https://hear-me.social/invites
🔗 https://mastodon.social/invites
🔗 https://mstdn.social/invites
🔗 https://mastodon.cloud/invites
🔗 https://mas.to/invites
🔗 https:// (your feddi home) /invites
Remember: Anyone can host their own server—that’s the power of decentralization! It’s resistant to censorship in ways even Bluesky can’t match.For a deeper dive into how decentralization fights censorship, read Cory Doctorow’s excellent piece:
📖 “Too Many Throats to Choke” https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/16/too-many-throats-to-choke/ by @pluralisticMaria Ressa’s fight against Duterte’s regime shows change is possible. Her appearance on The Daily Show connects the dots between platform monopolies, misinformation, and democracy’s erosion—and offers hope:
🎥 Maria on The Daily Show https://youtu.be/Tsb1I7hqaJ4To those already in the Fediverse: You’re the backbone of a free and open internet. What’s one step you’re taking to grow this community? (For me, Using Mastodon nearly dally and it’s sharing technical knowledge with those who need it.)
Let’s keep building a web that’s ours—one that resists tyranny and protects democracy. 💪
#Democracy #RuleOfLaw #MariaRessa #Journalism #Decentralization #Fediverse #Mastodon #MediaFreedom #TechEthics #FreePress #WorldJusticeForum #DecentralizeTheWeb