Is Pavel Durov the Next Julian Assange?
The Telegram co-founder may become a free-expression martyr for the terrible crime of enabling permissionless speech.
The Telegram co-founder may become a free-expression martyr for the terrible crime of enabling permissionless speech.
Plus: The editors reflect on the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Assange's plea deal sets a threatening precedent for free speech and journalism.
Kym Staton's documentary also tries to debunk several accusations against the WikiLeaks founder.
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The free speech absolutist and co-founder of The Intercept dives deep into Israel, Latin America, and the necessity of decentralized media in the age of U.S. security state overreach.
As the U.K. High Court allows a new appeal for Julian Assange, pressure mounts on Joe Biden to drop charges. He should.
Julian Assange and Priscilla Villarreal were both arrested for publishing information that government officials wanted to conceal.
Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of tasks the government does well (yikes).
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U.S. prosecutors are looking to wriggle out of an espionage trial for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The WikiLeaks founder already has spent as much time in a London prison as DOJ lawyers say he is likely to serve if convicted in the U.S.
Stella Assange discusses the imprisonment of her husband on the third episode of Just Asking Questions.
"If he goes down, so will journalism," Assange's father John Shipton says in the documentary.
The Justice Department’s discretion is the only thing that protects them from a similar fate.
The open letter warns the indictment “threatens to undermine America’s First Amendment and the freedom of the press.”
The law has been abused to prosecute citizens for reasons other than spying. But there are better examples than Trump to highlight problems.
A senator and two congressmen team up to help protect whistleblowers from vindictive prosecution.
"The kind of values I've always embraced are heard more on Fox than on CNN and MSNBC, where they're not welcome."
''The kind of values I've always embraced are heard more on Fox than on CNN and MSNBC," says the Pulitzer Prize–winning progressive journalist.
World journalists have been quicker than Americans to see danger in prosecuting the Wikileaks founder.
The WikiLeaks founder faces espionage charges for publishing classified U.S. information, a prosecution with serious implications for all our First Amendment protections.
Plus: Julian Assange faces extradition, the GOP is paying Donald Trump's legal expenses, and more...
Plus two more topics to howl about...
Either everybody gets to enjoy journalistic freedom, or it will turn into glorified public relations work for the powers-that-be.
In a significant threat to the free press, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces decades in federal prison for leaking classified documents.
Under the First Amendment, the question of whether Assange qualifies as a legitimate journalist is irrelevant.
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Contrary to what the judge who blocked his extradition implied, the Espionage Act does not include an exception for "responsible" journalism.
The fear that harsh federal jail conditions will lead to Assange’s suicide is the only reason he won’t face espionage charges in the U.S.
Though journalists tend to despise the WikiLeaks founder, his fate could impact the future of their profession.
The president has the worst record for clemency in modern history.
If Trump isn’t interested, maybe the Biden administration could get started with a few acts of mercy.
U.S. officials claim their espionage laws apply to the world, but constitutional protections do not.
The treatment of Bryan Carmody and Julian Assange reveals widespread confusion about who counts as a journalist and whether it matters.
Don't believe the Justice Department when it reassures journalists that the WikiLeaks founder is uniquely guilty of violating the Espionage Act.
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Under the government's theory in some of the charges, any reporter who knowingly prints certain kinds of government secrets could equally be prosecuted.
It's not just the right to report that's under attack. It's also your right to be informed.
And the WikiLeaks founder will be in court again tomorrow.
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is itself prone to abuse by prosecutors. This is another example.
Freedom of the press is not limited to "legitimate journalists."
Journalism is at risk not just from government but from media types who see their jobs as protecting the powerful from embarrassment.
Plus: Christians and bureaucrats versus Tarot in Virginia, and Democratic candidates on restoring voting rights to prisoners
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