News & Commentary about Freedom of the Press
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The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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Dec 19, 2016
FAA Helps Police Suppress Reporting From Dakota Pipeline Protests
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Nov 30, 2016
Does What Happened to This Journalist at the US-Canada Border Herald a Darker Trend?
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Oct 24, 2016
Crossing the Fossil Fuel Industry Could Now Get You Locked Up – For Decades
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Jun 29, 2016
ACLU Challenges Computer Crimes Law That is Thwarting Research on Discrimination Online
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Jun 29, 2016
Your Favorite Website Might Be Discriminating Against You
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May 17, 2016
Facebook, Objectivity, and 'Intelligence Anxiety'
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Mar 31, 2015
Why ‘The Nation’ Is Suing the Federal Government
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Nov 4, 2014
Ferguson's No-Media Zone Extended to the Skies
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Oct 14, 2014
On Leak Prosecutions, Obama Takes it to 11. (Or Should We Say 526?)