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More people than ever are using @signalapp to exchange information in large groups. But as groups grow, so does the risk to your messages’ privacy.
Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to use Signal groups more safely.
Our security team shows you how. https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/signal-group-safety/
Handling leaked documents from a whistleblower?
There may be hidden data in those files that could identify your source.
Learn more about risks and remediation for file metadata.
https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/everything-you-wanted-know-about-media-metadata-were-afraid-ask/
When @Wired made FOIA-based stories free, subscriptions went up.
When @404mediaco published public records reporting without a paywall, new sources came forward.
We spoke to both about why dropping paywalls like this is good for journalism — and for business.
Just as everything is getting more expensive, Microsoft plans to pull support for Windows 10 on Oct. 14, 2025.
The good news: There are free alternatives. Our digital security team talks through some options.
https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/warning-time-to-move-away-from-windows-10/
The Senate apparently believes that members of Congress deserve privacy protections, but not regular Americans.
Jimmy Kimmel's worst case scenario was moving from prime time to a podcast. Mario Guevara's is being shipped to El Salvador and facing more of the persecution he fled 20 years ago.
If that happens, the chilling effect will be impossible to measure.
https://freedom.press/issues/americans-rallied-for-kimmel-its-time-to-do-the-same-for-mario-guevara/
Trump’s EO labeling antifa a “domestic terrorist organization” can and will be used to threaten journalists and sources.
Journalists who cover antifa or report on ICE must now risk being accused of “terrorism.”
The EO is illegal, but it still chills speech. The intimidation is the point.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5516744-antifa-domestic-terrorism-order-trump/amp/
ICE has already detained one journalist.
Others could be next.
Experts in immigration and media law told us what newsrooms need to do to prepare.
https://freedom.press/issues/noncitizen-journalists-face-risk-from-ice-heres-what-newsrooms-can-do/
Absolutely horrific.
Israel continues to murder journalists in all directions with complete impunity, including this latest attack in which it killed 31 journalists in Yemen.
This marks the deadliest single attack on the press in 16 years, per CPJ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/19/yemen-journalists-strike-israel-houthis