"We need a federal shield law to make clear that reporters can’t be forced to burn their sources," FPF Deputy Director of Advocacy Caitlin Vogus tells CNN's Oliver Darcy. This is "essential to protect journalists, sources, and the public’s right to know."

#PRESSAct
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/02/media/catherine-herridge-deposition-reliable-sources/

#USA #PressAct #Surveillance #PressFreddom #Journalism #News: "The Protect Reporters from Exploitive State Spying (PRESS) Act is the long overdue federal shield law that would, at last, provide strong protections to journalists against government surveillance and forced disclosure of their confidential sources. EFF strongly supports this bill, and hopes to see it become law."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/eff-supports-press-act-protect-journalists

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- #EspionageAct reform needed NOW
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Crotchety #GOPtraitor #TraitorTrump enabler #ChuckGrassley Has Always Been a Champion for Whistleblowers. Until #SeditionistTomCotton Caught his Ear. https://theintercept.com/2022/12/19/chuck-grassley-press-act/ one of the staunchest defenders of #PressFreedom and #WhistleblowerRights in the Senate — Sen. Chuck Grassley said he doesn’t think that the #PRESSAct will be included in the year-end legislation

Sen. #ChuckGrassley Has Been a Champion for #Whistleblowers. Until #TomCotton Caught His Ear.
#Grassley, a staunch defender of #PressFreedom and #whistleblower rights, said he doesn’t think that the #PRESSAct will be included in year-end #OmnibusBill
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