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The End of Local News? Why I’m Saying Alarm Bells are Ringing at the New FCC Policy
by Winston Wendell For years, I studied the relationship between information and society. But the latest policy changes in Washington are deeply troubling. This week, the Federal Communications Commission, in a 2-1 vote, overturned a key media ownership rule protecting the diversity of viewpoints in our news and entertainment. This decision, which has been made by a Republican majority, allows bigger corporations to acquire a significantly greater share of local news. If this is to be […] -
The End of Local News? Why I’m Saying Alarm Bells are Ringing at the New FCC Policy
by Winston Wendell For years, I studied the relationship between information and society. But the latest policy changes in Washington are deeply troubling. This week, the Federal Communications Commission, in a 2-1 vote, overturned a key media ownership rule protecting the diversity of viewpoints in our news and entertainment. This decision, which has been made by a Republican majority, allows bigger corporations to acquire a significantly greater share of local news. If this is to be […] -
New Deep Dive:
Iranian-linked hackers hit water systems in 7+ states this summer — no ransom, just disruption.
At the core: a known, unpatched Rockwell PLC vulnerability sitting in thousands of exposed U.S. systems since 2021.
Federal agencies call it an urgent Iran-affiliated threat. Trump blamed Minnesota instead.
We dig into the tech, the timeline, and the disconnect.
Read it:
👉 https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever#AureFreePress #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #PressFreedom #Cybersecurity
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'Decade' of Trump attacks recoil on Todd Blanche as Don Lemon case faces dismissal
#travesty #VindictiveProsecution #DonLemon #PressFreedom #GOPLiesAboutEverything
www.rawstory.com/don-lemon-26...
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'Decade' of Trump attacks recoil on Todd Blanche as Don Lemon case faces dismissal
#travesty #VindictiveProsecution #DonLemon #PressFreedom #GOPLiesAboutEverything
www.rawstory.com/don-lemon-26...
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Both your senators keep a constituent line answered by a twenty-four-year-old with a tally sheet. One question: your position on prosecuting sources who tell the public about readiness?
Will yours say it out loud?
#Politics #Democracy #News #Journalism #PressFreedom #Whistleblowers #Pentagon #Accountability #Resist #USPolitics #Military #FreePress ↳ reply: The arithmetic in full → https://twp.ai/4huedi
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Both your senators keep a constituent line answered by a twenty-four-year-old with a tally sheet. One question: your position on prosecuting sources who tell the public about readiness?
Will yours say it out loud?
#Politics #Democracy #News #Journalism #PressFreedom #Whistleblowers #Pentagon #Accountability #Resist #USPolitics #Military #FreePress ↳ reply: The arithmetic in full → https://twp.ai/4huedi
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Then Monday the Pentagon announced deals to triple PAC-3 and quadruple THAAD production.
Nobody quadruples production of a thing they have plenty of. Bullshit does not survive a purchase order.
Strip the tough-guy cosplay off "hunted down" and what's underneath is a civil servant with a conscience and a mortgage about to get their phone records pulled. Not a spy. A GS-13.
#Politics #Democracy #News #Journalism #PressFreedom #Whistleblowers #Pentagon #Accountability #Resist #USPolitics
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Then Monday the Pentagon announced deals to triple PAC-3 and quadruple THAAD production.
Nobody quadruples production of a thing they have plenty of. Bullshit does not survive a purchase order.
Strip the tough-guy cosplay off "hunted down" and what's underneath is a civil servant with a conscience and a mortgage about to get their phone records pulled. Not a spy. A GS-13.
#Politics #Democracy #News #Journalism #PressFreedom #Whistleblowers #Pentagon #Accountability #Resist #USPolitics
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In one thumb-typed paragraph he confirmed the reporting he meant to deny, at the hour the comms team had clocked out
The reporting: CNN counted nearly 80% of the THAAD interceptor inventory expended and roughly half the Patriots. Reuters says the Army burned virtually all of ATACMS and PrSM. The Payne Institute counted almost 11,300 munitions in sixteen days
#Politics #Democracy #News #Journalism #PressFreedom #Whistleblowers #Pentagon #Accountability #Resist #USPolitics #Military #FreePress
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In one thumb-typed paragraph he confirmed the reporting he meant to deny, at the hour the comms team had clocked out
The reporting: CNN counted nearly 80% of the THAAD interceptor inventory expended and roughly half the Patriots. Reuters says the Army burned virtually all of ATACMS and PrSM. The Payne Institute counted almost 11,300 munitions in sixteen days
#Politics #Democracy #News #Journalism #PressFreedom #Whistleblowers #Pentagon #Accountability #Resist #USPolitics #Military #FreePress
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Midnight on Truth Social, the President did two incompatible things in one breath and noticed neither.
He said the leakers of these treasonous statements are being hunted down and long-term jail sentences will be sought. He also insists the reports are false.
You cannot hunt the leakers of a thing that never happened, and there is no crime in disclosing fiction. #Politics #Democracy #News #Journalism #PressFreedom #Whistleblowers #Pentagon #Accountability #Resist #USPolitics #Military
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Midnight on Truth Social, the President did two incompatible things in one breath and noticed neither.
He said the leakers of these treasonous statements are being hunted down and long-term jail sentences will be sought. He also insists the reports are false.
You cannot hunt the leakers of a thing that never happened, and there is no crime in disclosing fiction. #Politics #Democracy #News #Journalism #PressFreedom #Whistleblowers #Pentagon #Accountability #Resist #USPolitics #Military
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Violence against #journalists during protests paints larger picture of #PressFreedom in the #US
https://www.calonews.com/communities/los-angeles/violence-against-journalists-during-protests-paints-larger-picture-of-press-freedom-in-the-us/article_29585a3f-58ab-45df-afe5-939a2fd58db1.htmlJournalists covering 2025 immigration protests in the U.S. frequently faced violence and intimidation from law enforcement, despite existing legal protections designed to safeguard their work.
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Violence against #journalists during protests paints larger picture of #PressFreedom in the #US
https://www.calonews.com/communities/los-angeles/violence-against-journalists-during-protests-paints-larger-picture-of-press-freedom-in-the-us/article_29585a3f-58ab-45df-afe5-939a2fd58db1.htmlJournalists covering 2025 immigration protests in the U.S. frequently faced violence and intimidation from law enforcement, despite existing legal protections designed to safeguard their work.
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Voice of America to relaunch Ukrainian-language broadcasting https://kyivindependent.com/voice-of-america-to-relaunch-ukrainian-language-broadcasting/ #UnitedStates #Pressfreedom #Journalism #Culture #Ukraine
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Voice of America to relaunch Ukrainian-language broadcasting https://kyivindependent.com/voice-of-america-to-relaunch-ukrainian-language-broadcasting/ #UnitedStates #Pressfreedom #Journalism #Culture #Ukraine
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Voice of America to relaunch Ukrainian-language broadcasting https://kyivindependent.com/voice-of-america-to-relaunch-ukrainian-language-broadcasting/ #UnitedStates #Pressfreedom #Journalism #Culture #Ukraine
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Voice of America to relaunch Ukrainian-language broadcasting https://kyivindependent.com/voice-of-america-to-relaunch-ukrainian-language-broadcasting/ #UnitedStates #Pressfreedom #Journalism #Culture #Ukraine
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New Deep Dive:
Iranian-linked hackers hit water systems in 7+ states this summer — no ransom, just disruption.
At the core: a known, unpatched Rockwell PLC vulnerability sitting in thousands of exposed U.S. systems since 2021.
Federal agencies call it an urgent Iran-affiliated threat. Trump blamed Minnesota instead.
We dig into the tech, the timeline, and the disconnect.
Read it:
👉 https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever#AureFreePress #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #PressFreedom #Cybersecurity
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A fascinating article about how a group of journalists working for the Hungary state news agency quietly documented all the ways the news was manipulated under the Orbán regime. They have now released a detailed report.
Among many things, this is a terrific example of resistance during the rule of authoritarian regimes. Document, document, document the abuses because one day the sun will shine and the truth can be revealed.
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A fascinating article about how a group of journalists working for the Hungary state news agency quietly documented all the ways the news was manipulated under the Orbán regime. They have now released a detailed report.
Among many things, this is a terrific example of resistance during the rule of authoritarian regimes. Document, document, document the abuses because one day the sun will shine and the truth can be revealed.
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@chum1ng0 I responded to your message on Signal, but let's keep this here because it may be a press freedom/ free speech issue.
What blog/platform banned your blog? And what reason did they give?
And do you have a complete backup that you can upload elsewhere?
As I mentioned the other day, there are free legal resources and help for independent media, but first explain more about what happened and why.
#pressfreedom @freespeech #censorship
(For those of you who don't know, Chu used to report LatAm breaches on DataBreaches.net. It's hard for me to imagine how he would get banned for the kind of reporting he does, but... let's find out. )
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@chum1ng0 I responded to your message on Signal, but let's keep this here because it may be a press freedom/ free speech issue.
What blog/platform banned your blog? And what reason did they give?
And do you have a complete backup that you can upload elsewhere?
As I mentioned the other day, there are free legal resources and help for independent media, but first explain more about what happened and why.
#pressfreedom @freespeech #censorship
(For those of you who don't know, Chu used to report LatAm breaches on DataBreaches.net. It's hard for me to imagine how he would get banned for the kind of reporting he does, but... let's find out. )
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Pauline Hanson has knocked another brick out of our creaky political system. It’s not good for anybody | Peter Greste
By Peter GresteBy deciding who gets to ask questions and who is barred, the One Nation leader is upending the democratic role that journalists are supposed to occupy
#PaulineHanson #Australianews #OneNation #Australianpolitics #Australianmedia #Media #Pressfreedom #TheGuardian #PeterGreste
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Pauline Hanson has knocked another brick out of our creaky political system. It’s not good for anybody | Peter Greste
By Peter GresteBy deciding who gets to ask questions and who is barred, the One Nation leader is upending the democratic role that journalists are supposed to occupy
#PaulineHanson #Australianews #OneNation #Australianpolitics #Australianmedia #Media #Pressfreedom #TheGuardian #PeterGreste
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Pauline Hanson has knocked another brick out of our creaky political system. It’s not good for anybody | Peter Greste https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/pauline-hanson-has-knocked-another-brick-out-of-our-creaky-political-system-its-not-good-for-anybody #PaulineHanson #AustraliaNews #OneNation #AustralianPolitics #AustralianMedia #Media #PressFreedom
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Picture credit: Memorial, memopzk.org.
The European Federation of Science Journalists (EFSJ) stands in solidarity with Darya Shipacheva, the Russian science and health journalist who was sentenced to 12 years in prison on dubious treason charges, after an expedited process with zero transparency.
Shipacheva is an experienced science and health reporter with bylines in major Russian media outlets. She is a book author and podcaster who used her lived experience with chronic pain to inform her audiences on a topic that otherwise gets very little attention.
According to media reports, Shipacheva, who was born in Ukraine, may have been accused of treason after a money transfer to relatives there. She was arrested shortly before graduating from her Master’s program in 2025 and spent about a year in detention before a closed-door court hearing on July 27 that lasted a total of 1.5 hours.
Treason charges in Russia are notoriously impossible to beat in court and widely thought to be an instrument of political persecution, fueled by perverse incentives for the state security services. Several dozen Russian scientists *and journalists* have also been accused of treason in the last decades, and overall new treason cases have skyrocketed after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Government has stepped up its relentless attack on the independent media and civil society. As a result, the Russian Association for Science Journalism (AKSON), a founding member of the EFSJ in 2019, was forced to disband following pressure from the Russian Government.
Darya Shipacheva, as well as other journalists imprisoned in Russia, should be free to do their job.
https://efsj.eu/2026/08/03/efsj-stands-in-solidarity-with-darya-shipacheva/ #pressFreedom #statement -
Picture credit: Memorial, memopzk.org.
The European Federation of Science Journalists (EFSJ) stands in solidarity with Darya Shipacheva, the Russian science and health journalist who was sentenced to 12 years in prison on dubious treason charges, after an expedited process with zero transparency.
Shipacheva is an experienced science and health reporter with bylines in major Russian media outlets. She is a book author and podcaster who used her lived experience with chronic pain to inform her audiences on a topic that otherwise gets very little attention.
According to media reports, Shipacheva, who was born in Ukraine, may have been accused of treason after a money transfer to relatives there. She was arrested shortly before graduating from her Master’s program in 2025 and spent about a year in detention before a closed-door court hearing on July 27 that lasted a total of 1.5 hours.
Treason charges in Russia are notoriously impossible to beat in court and widely thought to be an instrument of political persecution, fueled by perverse incentives for the state security services. Several dozen Russian scientists *and journalists* have also been accused of treason in the last decades, and overall new treason cases have skyrocketed after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Government has stepped up its relentless attack on the independent media and civil society. As a result, the Russian Association for Science Journalism (AKSON), a founding member of the EFSJ in 2019, was forced to disband following pressure from the Russian Government.
Darya Shipacheva, as well as other journalists imprisoned in Russia, should be free to do their job.
https://efsj.eu/2026/08/03/efsj-stands-in-solidarity-with-darya-shipacheva/ #pressFreedom #statement -
She was 13 when the world decided who she was.
At 24, she scored the first run in the first game of America's first pro women's baseball league in 72 years.
Mo'ne Davis never stopped playing — the sport just had to catch up.
New deep dive, out now on Patreon: 72 years, 4 failed leagues, and one long way back to first.
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https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever#AureFreePress #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #PressFreedom #WomensBaseball
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Activists Frenchie Cumpio, Marielle Domequil seek reversal of Tacloban court ruling
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Activists Frenchie Cumpio, Marielle Domequil seek reversal of Tacloban court ruling
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Calling the editor of The Economist a "traitor to the west" because she brought crime stats to an argument is spectacular. Apparently, citing actual data over vibe-based doom-mongering is now a national security threat. ☕ #PressFreedom https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/01/elon-musk-truth-interview-editor-economist
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Calling the editor of The Economist a "traitor to the west" because she brought crime stats to an argument is spectacular. Apparently, citing actual data over vibe-based doom-mongering is now a national security threat. ☕ #PressFreedom https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/01/elon-musk-truth-interview-editor-economist
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Another #NYTimes reporter fighting #Drumpf admin #subpoena over 2 years worth of #notes, #contacts and personal documents.
Lawyer for #Journalist Matthew Coles said "He will defend press freedom and the #FirstAmendment from this administration’s brazen attacks on journalists, and he will honor his commitment to his sources."
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/01/subpoena-freelance-new-york-times-reporter #PressFreedom #Intimdation #
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Another #NYTimes reporter fighting #Drumpf admin #subpoena over 2 years worth of #notes, #contacts and personal documents.
Lawyer for #Journalist Matthew Coles said "He will defend press freedom and the #FirstAmendment from this administration’s brazen attacks on journalists, and he will honor his commitment to his sources."
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/01/subpoena-freelance-new-york-times-reporter #PressFreedom #Intimdation #
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Freelance New York Times reporter subpoenaed over reporting on failed US mission in North Korea
By Marina DunbarNewspaper revealed that US prosecutors demanded contacts and sources from reporter Matthew Cole
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/01/subpoena-freelance-new-york-times-reporter
#NewYorkTimes #Trumpadministration #USconstitutionandcivilliberties #Pressfreedom #Newspapers #USpressandpublishing #USjusticesystem #Media #LawUS #USnews #TheGuardian #MarinaDunbar
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Freelance New York Times reporter subpoenaed over reporting on failed US mission in North Korea
By Marina DunbarNewspaper revealed that US prosecutors demanded contacts and sources from reporter Matthew Cole
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/01/subpoena-freelance-new-york-times-reporter
#NewYorkTimes #Trumpadministration #USconstitutionandcivilliberties #Pressfreedom #Newspapers #USpressandpublishing #USjusticesystem #Media #LawUS #USnews #TheGuardian #MarinaDunbar
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Three stories. One uncomfortable pattern.
Reported MI5 emails. A national-security law passed in 29 days. Rising fuel costs, weaker growth and mounting economic pressure from the Iran war.
Read the evidence. Decide for yourself.
https://thomaster.substack.com/p/uk-three-stories-colliding-this-week
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Three stories. One uncomfortable pattern.
Reported MI5 emails. A national-security law passed in 29 days. Rising fuel costs, weaker growth and mounting economic pressure from the Iran war.
Read the evidence. Decide for yourself.
https://thomaster.substack.com/p/uk-three-stories-colliding-this-week
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Weaponising the law: Reuters released a new report on threats to free press in South Africa, and found half the journalists surveyed faced ‘lawfare’ and SLAPPs to silence them, including gagging orders, abuse of privacy laws, and defamation claims seeking excessively high damages as a form of intimidation.
#PressFreedom
https://www.trust.org/resource/weaponising-the-law-south-africa/?utm_source=az-x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wol-sa&utm_content=tile -
Weaponising the law: Reuters released a new report on threats to free press in South Africa, and found half the journalists surveyed faced ‘lawfare’ and SLAPPs to silence them, including gagging orders, abuse of privacy laws, and defamation claims seeking excessively high damages as a form of intimidation.
#PressFreedom
https://www.trust.org/resource/weaponising-the-law-south-africa/?utm_source=az-x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wol-sa&utm_content=tile -
Media Changes in Montenegro Intensify Alarm About Foreign Influence
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Media Changes in Montenegro Intensify Alarm About Foreign Influence
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Over on the tickie tockie app, Sarah Sakatos (user::ssakatos) posted a recording of a live TV broadcast, showing a creative way a station employee used to get fired, while insisting on factual reporting.
#MAGA #politics #USA #pressfreedom #resistance #fuckdonaldtrump
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Over on the tickie tockie app, Sarah Sakatos (user::ssakatos) posted a recording of a live TV broadcast, showing a creative way a station employee used to get fired, while insisting on factual reporting.
#MAGA #politics #USA #pressfreedom #resistance #fuckdonaldtrump
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A third of UK journalists have changed how or what they report over fears for safety, study finds
By Michael Savage Media editorGovernment-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/26/uk-journalists-changed-how-what-report-fears-safety
#Journalistsafety #Media #UKnews #Pressfreedom #Newspapersmagazines #TheGuardian #MichaelSavageMediaeditor
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A third of UK journalists have changed how or what they report over fears for safety, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/26/uk-journalists-changed-how-what-report-fears-safety #JournalistSafety #Media #UkNews #PressFreedom #NewspapersMagazines
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Trump forced to play good sport at correspondents’ dinner – but it couldn’t last
By Robert Tait in WashingtonPresident’s speech at Friday’s event started well enough but quickly moved to the usual insults, taunts, jokes and grievances
#DonaldTrump #USnews #Pressfreedom #TheGuardian #RobertTaitinWashington
