David on Formosa<p>The President of Radio Free Asia posted this statement on the RFA website, presumably before the staff were locked out</p><p>"The termination of RFA’s grant is a reward to dictators and despots, including the Chinese Communist Party, who would like nothing better than to have their influence go unchecked in the information space."</p><p><a href="https://www.rfa.org/english/about/releases/2025/03/15/rfa-cancellation-a-boon-to-the-chinese-communist-party/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rfa.org/english/about/releases</span><span class="invisible">/2025/03/15/rfa-cancellation-a-boon-to-the-chinese-communist-party/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VoiceofAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceofAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a></p>
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David on Formosa<p>Voice of America and its networks, including Radio Free Asia, have been shut down. 1,300 staff are on indefinite leave</p><p>These organisations do important work providing news to countries where there is no free media</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5329244/bloody-saturday-voiceofamerica-radio-free-asia-europe-trump-kari-lake" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-53292</span><span class="invisible">44/bloody-saturday-voiceofamerica-radio-free-asia-europe-trump-kari-lake</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VoiceofAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceofAmerica</span></a></p>
Anonymous 🐈️🐾☕🍵🏴🇵🇸 :af:<p>Israel assassinated another three journalists today in Gaza for using a drone to film an aid mission. 9 people murdered total. Ceasefire means Israel still kills with impunity daily <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-03-15/ty-article/idf-airstrikes-in-gaza-kill-nine-people-including-two-journalists-palestinian-medics-say/00000195-99d6-d885-a39f-bbf77b120000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-0</span><span class="invisible">3-15/ty-article/idf-airstrikes-in-gaza-kill-nine-people-including-two-journalists-palestinian-medics-say/00000195-99d6-d885-a39f-bbf77b120000</span></a></p>
Rik Viergever<p><a href="https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/uncensored-library" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">minecraft.net/en-us/article/un</span><span class="invisible">censored-library</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/northkorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>northkorea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iran</span></a></p>
Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:<p>Journalists reporting on data leaks or breaches in Turkey will be at greater risk of prosecution and prison. The Committee to Protect Journalists reports:</p><p>"Turkey’s new cybersecurity law could criminalize legitimate reporting on cybersecurity incidents because of its overly broad and vague language, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday.</p><p>The law, passed on Wednesday, criminalizes reporting about an online data leak or sharing that report unless the authorities have confirmed the incident.</p><p>It imposes a prison sentence of two to five years for anyone who knowingly creates or spreads “false” content claiming that there is a cybersecurity data leak “in order to create anxiety, fear, and panic among the public, or to target institutions or individuals."</p><p><a href="https://cpj.org/2025/03/new-turkish-law-criminalizes-false-reporting-on-cybersecurity-related-data-leaks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cpj.org/2025/03/new-turkish-la</span><span class="invisible">w-criminalizes-false-reporting-on-cybersecurity-related-data-leaks/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zackwhittaker</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@campuscodi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>campuscodi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@lawrenceabrams" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lawrenceabrams</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@euroinfosec" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>euroinfosec</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@amvinfe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>amvinfe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@JayeLTee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>JayeLTee</span></a></span></p>
Furthering<p>Okay, so the FiveThirtyEight site for polling results is now redirecting to the ABC News politics page. This change happened recently because I checked it yesterday (though it was stuck on March 4 results).</p><p><a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.fivethirtyeight.com/p</span><span class="invisible">olls/</span></a></p><p>Wikipedia has already been updated with the information: </p><p>"On March 5, 2025, the website was shut down by ABC News and the team behind it were fired. This was the first day that the site's data showed the popularity of US President Donald Trump in his second term turn negative."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FiveThirtyEight" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FiveThir</span><span class="invisible">tyEight</span></a></p><p><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/Polling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polling</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a></p>
Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:<p>Here's my post on the court injunction my site got hit with:</p><p>HCRG Care's lawyers claimed an injunction issued in a "private" hearing required us to remove two posts. We didn't comply.</p><p>HCRG Care was represented by the Pinsent Masons law firm in the UK in this matter. The injunction was issued by the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division, Media and Communications List by the Honorable Mr. Justice Soole.</p><p>Pinsent Mason's attempt to get my web host to remove my posts also failed. </p><p>As always, I feel blessed to have the legal support of Covington and Burling's Kurt Wimmer Pro Media Freedom Initiative, which has represented my site pro bono for the last 16 years. </p><p>Read about the letter, the injunction, and why the High Court's over-reaching injunction endangers UK journalists and doesn't serve the public well. </p><p><a href="https://databreaches.net/2025/03/05/hcrg-cares-lawyers-claimed-an-injunction-issued-in-a-private-hearing-required-us-to-remove-two-posts-we-didnt-comply/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">databreaches.net/2025/03/05/hc</span><span class="invisible">rg-cares-lawyers-claimed-an-injunction-issued-in-a-private-hearing-required-us-to-remove-two-posts-we-didnt-comply/</span></a></p><p>Oh, and I'm not the only one ignoring the injunction. Medusa also got served with the injunction via tox chat, they tell me. And like other injunctions they have received, they are ignoring it. So what has HCRG really accomplished? </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/databreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>databreach</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ransomware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ransomware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Medusa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medusa</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/injunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injunction</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zackwhittaker</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@campuscodi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>campuscodi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@lawrenceabrams" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lawrenceabrams</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@iainthomson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iainthomson</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@amvinfe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>amvinfe</span></a></span> @lawfare <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.freedom.press/@freedomofpress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freedomofpress</span></a></span></p>
Ciarán Fahey<p>AP has filed an amended lawsuit seeking the end of its White House ban.</p><p>Trump has dismissed the AP as an organization of “radical left lunatics” and said: “We’re going to keep them out until such time as they agree that it’s the Gulf of America.” </p><p>(AP) <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/ap-trump-white-house-journalists-pool-ban-dd2a9c7994c2542f4936f045540f006e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/ap-trump-wh</span><span class="invisible">ite-house-journalists-pool-ban-dd2a9c7994c2542f4936f045540f006e</span></a></p>
Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:<p>Last Friday I received a letter from a U.K. law firm with an attached injunction. The law firm claimed I must remove two posts about their client. </p><p>That is not going to happen. I am not under the jurisdiction of the U.K. or the High Court of Justice. My lawyer informed them of that yesterday. </p><p>But DataBreaches.net might disappear tomorrow because the U.K. law firm sent the injunction to my domain registrar who, innocently believing them, informed me they will suspend my site if I don't remove the posts within 24 hours. I have replied to them but have not heard back. </p><p>So...</p><p>If my site is gone tomorrow, I will let you know where you can read a lot more about the injunction and how the injunction poses a serious risk of censorship in the U.K. </p><p>If my site is still online tomorrow, I will still let you know here where you can read about the over-reaching injunction obtained in a private hearing where no one represented journalists whose reporting was being censored.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/injunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injunction</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a> <br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AssociatedPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssociatedPress</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RCFP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RCFP</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/databreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>databreach</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ransomware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ransomware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.freedom.press/@freedomofpress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freedomofpress</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@campuscodi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>campuscodi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zackwhittaker</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@aj_vicens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aj_vicens</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@carlypage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>carlypage</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@iainthomson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iainthomson</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@amvinfe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>amvinfe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lawfare" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lawfare</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@lawrenceabrams" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lawrenceabrams</span></a></span></p>
Tjeerd Royaards<p>Jeff Bezos' tightened control of the Washington Post continued last week with the revamping of the opinion pages to only reflect opinions he likes. Probably good to share this one more time.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a></p>
Claes de Vreese ☑️<p>Allowing TASS, Russia’s press agency, into the white house while excluding your own free press (AP, Reuters) is not only an attack on press freedom but also legitimizing a propaganda machine. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/28/tass-oval-office-trump-zelenskyy-00206739" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/02/28/t</span><span class="invisible">ass-oval-office-trump-zelenskyy-00206739</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"The United States is not Russia by any means, and any comparisons risk going too far. Russia barely had any history with democracy then, while American institutions have endured for nearly 250 years. But for those of us who reported there a quarter century ago, Mr. Trump’s Washington is bringing back memories of Mr. Putin’s Moscow in the early days.</p><p>The news media is being pressured. Lawmakers have been tamed. Career officials deemed disloyal are being fired. Prosecutors named by a president who promised “retribution” are targeting perceived adversaries and dropping cases against allies or others who do his bidding. Billionaire tycoons who once considered themselves masters of the universe are prostrating themselves before him.</p><p>Judges who temporarily block administration decisions that they believe may be illegal are being threatened with impeachment. The uniformed military, which resisted being used as a political instrument in Mr. Trump’s first term, has now been purged of its highest-ranking officers and lawyers. And a president who calls himself “the king,” ostensibly in jest, is teasing that he may try to stay in power beyond the limits of the Constitution."</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/trump-putin-russia.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-putin-russia.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"The three permanent wires in the White House pool, The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and Reuters, have long worked to ensure that accurate, fair and timely information about the presidency is communicated to a broad audience of all political persuasions, both in the United States and globally. Much of the White House coverage people see in their local news outlets, wherever they are in the world, comes from the wires.</p><p>It is essential in a democracy for the public to have access to news about their government from an independent, free press. We believe that any steps by the government to limit the number of wire services with access to the President threatens that principle. It also harms the spread of reliable information to people, communities, businesses and global financial markets that heavily depend on our reporting."</p><p><a href="https://reutersagency.com/resources/statement-from-the-editors-of-reuters-the-associated-press-and-bloomberg-news" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reutersagency.com/resources/st</span><span class="invisible">atement-from-the-editors-of-reuters-the-associated-press-and-bloomberg-news</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The White House denied reporters from Reuters and other news organizations access to President Donald Trump’s first cabinet meeting in keeping with the administration’s new policy regarding media coverage. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/27/world/politics/white-house-bars-ap-reuters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/</span><span class="invisible">27/world/politics/white-house-bars-ap-reuters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a></p>
Claes de Vreese ☑️<p>State of affairs: news media like Reuters, Huffington Post and AP news are denied access. Access to do their job as free and independent press <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a></p><p>Meanwhile Musk was part of the actual cabinet meeting. </p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-bars-ap-reuters-other-media-covering-trump-cabinet-meeting-2025-02-26/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/white-hou</span><span class="invisible">se-bars-ap-reuters-other-media-covering-trump-cabinet-meeting-2025-02-26/</span></a></p>
Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺<p>The White House said on Tuesday it would decide which media organizations participate in the press pool that covers the president, wresting control away from the group of journalists that has done so for decades. Speaking to France 24, Jodi Ginsberg, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists, called it a "terrible move".<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PressPool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressPool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-J2Z7GwxQU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=1-J2Z7GwxQU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
The Media & Democracy Project<p>The French showing they care more about freedom of the press than the Americans.</p><p>French Resistance Steps in After AP Banned From Trump-Macron Presser <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/paris-press-corps-intervene-when-reporter-is-barred-from-trump-macron-press-conference/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/paris-press-</span><span class="invisible">corps-intervene-when-reporter-is-barred-from-trump-macron-press-conference/</span></a> via <a href="https://journa.host/tags/thedailybeast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thedailybeast</span></a> </p><p>Why isn't the US press doing the same?</p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The White House stripped journalists of the nearly century-old power to decide which of them cover U.S. presidential events, with Donald Trump boasting that he was now "calling those shots" on media access. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/26/world/politics/white-house-media-cover-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/</span><span class="invisible">26/world/politics/white-house-media-cover-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a></p>
Ciarán Fahey<p>White House says its officials “will decide” which media can cover Trump up close – breaking from a century of tradition in which a pool of independently chosen news organizations go where the president does to hold him accountable.</p><p>(AP) <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/statefriendlymedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statefriendlymedia</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-ap-news-outlets-ban-gulf-mexico-25c77f617418dd3ca2791af90b263a59" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-ap-ne</span><span class="invisible">ws-outlets-ban-gulf-mexico-25c77f617418dd3ca2791af90b263a59</span></a></p>
Ciarán Fahey<p>U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden cautioned the White House that the law wasn’t on its side in barring AP over continuing to refer to the Gulf of Mexico, not the “Gulf of America” as Trump decreed in an executive order. </p><p>(AP) <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/ap-lawsuit-trump-gulf-mexico-america-6b6fba488e7e420e5fcd28c44a755922" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/ap-lawsuit-</span><span class="invisible">trump-gulf-mexico-america-6b6fba488e7e420e5fcd28c44a755922</span></a></p>
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