Caitlin Vogus
@CaitlinVogus
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Deputy Director of Advocacy @FreedomofPress. Previously @CenDemTech & @rcfp; ice cream, guinea pig, and podcast enthusiast. Tweets are my own.
Joined July 2015
𧔠Today, a coalition of 123 civil liberties and journalism organizations and individual law professors and media lawyers wrote to @SenatorDurbin, @LindseyGrahamSC urging them to schedule a markup of the PRESS Act right away. https://t.co/ap6TgoQ6Cp
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Happy #StudentPressFreedomDay! Excited to talk to student journalists tonight at 7pm ET about covering press freedom issues and using the US Press Freedom Tracker. There's still time to register to join us!
To mark #StudentPressFreedomDay, join us on Feb. 22 at 7 pm ET for a virtual training on using the @uspresstracker for reporting and a discussion of why covering #pressfreedom issues matters for journalists and readers alike. RSVP: https://t.co/OfEto3WJ8D
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If the government can punish Assange just for publishing government secrets, it can punish journalists too.
Prosecuting Julian Assange threatens journalists and press freedom. Join @FreedomOfPress in calling on the @TheJusticeDept to drop the Assange case now! https://t.co/ZsqYpjvw6n
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BREAKING: PRESS Act unanimously passes the House https://t.co/JqlzeuzsHH
freedom.press
The federal reporterâs shield bill is one step closer to becoming law. Itâs time for the Senate to do its part to protect press freedom and pass the PRESS Act.
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New report from the @uspresstracker: Charges against journalists in 2023 criminalized routine newsgathering, from seeking comment to protecting sources.
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Members of the press charged with committing âacts of journalismâ in 2023
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.@FreedomofPress and 50 other orgs sent a letter demanding transparency about the FBI raid on journalist Tim Burke's home newsroom because investigative journalism isn't a crime.
freedom.press
Lack of transparency on how Tim Burkeâs newsgathering allegedly violated computer crime laws has a chilling effect on journalism
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Judge gets it wrong in censoring the Post-Dispatch â By @CaitlinVogus and Steve Zansberg via @stltoday
https://t.co/eSR0uDMlqn
stltoday.com
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a copy of the mental health evaluation of a criminal defendant accused of killing one St. Louis police officer and injuring another, but youâre not
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An entire police dept raided the offices of a small, family-owned newspaper in Marion, Kansas. On today's Lawfare Podcast, @tylermcbrien sat down with @CaitlinVogus to talk about what motivated the raid and the chilling effect it can have on the press. https://t.co/ruvOzJDAT3
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"The Record and the public deserve to know why the Marion Police decided to conduct this raid and whether they gave even a momentâs thought to the First Amendment." @CaitlinVogus
https://t.co/V4vNvVDBSd
freedom.press
Authorities finally did the right thing, but the Record never should have been raided in the first place
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âI donât believe that this is encrypted so I think weâre OK.â This is what a police officer said as they were seizing computers the Marion, Kansas newsroom. đ Outrageous raid in Kansas underscores need for newsroom encryption
freedom.press
Newsrooms must adapt to the new reality that police might ignore the law and Constitution and seize their equipment
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Read our @pressfreedom interview with @sherman_news, editor in chief of the Kansas Reflector, on the impact on local journalism of last weekâs raid on a local newspaper https://t.co/J5XZU442TF via @CPJAmericas #chillingeffect
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A police raid on a small-town Kansas newspaper, the Marion County Record, has sent shockwaves through the local community and raised national alarm among press freedom and civil rights groups about...
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âYou canât say, âIâm allowed to raid the newsroom because Iâm investigating a crime,â if the crime youâre investigating is journalism.â
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The search of The Marion County Recordâs office led to the seizure of computers, servers and cellphones of reporters and editors.
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The publisher has vowed to publish âsomethingâ on schedule, despite the illegal raid. Good for him for standing up for the free press and the publicâs right to know.
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An outrageous attack on a Kansas newspaper and freedom of the press. Not only are police chilling reporting by going after a confidential source, but theyâre silencing a news outlet by seizing the very equipment it needs to publish.
An entire small-town police department in Kansas raided a newspaper's offices and its reporters' homes because the paper got a tip about a well-connected person's DUI https://t.co/nsfmsVBwfX
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Check out my piece in @techpolicypress explaining why we can't rely on social media to help Congress scrub the internet of info about lawmakers. Senate Amendment 218 will censor info the press & public use for oversight and cause over removals of journalism.
A new proposal in Congress would give lawmakers the power to censor information about themselves online Senate Amendment 218 would be a disaster for public oversight of Congress by journalists, watchdog groups, activists and constituents @techpolicypress
https://t.co/WlF8XZZ6wY
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The PRESS Act is the strongest reporter's shield law federal lawmakers have ever proposed. Great to see it reintroduced, now let's get it over the finish line!
The newly reintroduced PRESS Act is a powerful shield law that would protect journalistsâ confidential sources and limit government surveillance of reporters. It would guard against attempts to threaten, intimidate or chill reporters and their sources.Â
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Itâs with great sadness we share the news that our friend, our co-founder, our hero Daniel Ellsberg passed away today. We remember and pay respect to his incredible bravery and legacy.
freedom.press
We are heartbroken to learn that our dear friend Daniel Ellsberg, world-renowned whistleblower and Freedom of the Press Foundation co-founder, has passed away at the age of 92.
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An unfortunate example of the chilling effect of baseless prosecutions of journalists, especially at small outlets with limited resources.
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.@1stForAll awards start by acknowledging journalists killed or threatened for doing their work. For more information about US attacks, check out @uspresstracker analysis of attacks on journalists and newsrooms:
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Comparing attacks on journalists and newsrooms across the years and the pursuit of accountability
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We are thrilled to welcome award-winning journalist @AzmatZahra to our board of directors at @FreedomofPress! https://t.co/aCl95psmxm
freedom.press
Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) is proud to welcome award-winning journalist Azmat Khan as the newest member of its board of directors
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