Notices by Freedom of the Press (freedomofpress@newsie.social)

BREAKING: Justice Dept. and Julian Assange reach plea deal in case that threatens press freedom

Our statement: https://freedom.press/news/justice-dept-and-julian-assange-reach-plea-deal-in-case-that-threatens-press-freedom/

Congratulations to Amnesty International for launching a secure .onion site on the @torproject network to mitigate censorship and surveillance.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/12/global-amnesty-international-website-launches-on-tor-network-to-help-universal-access/

Note that both freedom.press and @securedrop (securedrop.org) are also available as .onion sites on the @torproject network.

We encourage news organizations to make news sites available on the Tor Network as well to protect readers.

Thanks to the Guardian and others who have already done so. https://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2022/may/30/guardian-launches-tor-onion-service

"Defending Assange today protects our right to know tomorrow."

It's high time to #FreeAssange.

Reporters Without Borders launches global “Collateral Damage” campaign highlighting the danger of the Assange prosecution to media and the public’s right to know: https://rsf.org/en/rsf-launches-global-collateral-damage-campaign-highlighting-danger-assange-prosecution-media-and

10 years ago Edward Snowden, working with journalists at The Guardian and Washington Post, exposed shockingly widespread mass surveillance by the NSA. Despite some progress, alarming violations of Americans’ privacy rights and prosecutions of whistleblowers continue. https://freedom.press/news/snowden-anniversary-a-reminder-of-the-need-to-protect-whistleblowers-and-journalists/

DDOSecrets needs our support so it can continue its work exposing the inner workings of extremist groups, weapons manufacturers, military and political groups and more. https://donorbox.org/keeping-ddosecrets-online

Hello fediverse! We are a nonprofit organization that protects, defends, and empowers public-interest journalism in the 21st century.

Our work includes:

- Advocating for press freedom rights:
https://freedom.press/news/

- The US Press Freedom Tracker:
https://pressfreedomtracker.us/

- Digital security trainings and guides:
https://freedom.press/training/

- @securedrop, to empower journalists and whistleblowers

- @dangerzone, to help journalists (and others) handle electronic documents safely

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