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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 21h

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CPJ urges Pentagon to reconsider new press access restrictions - Committee to Protect Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists called on the Pentagon to reconsider new restrictions on journalists covering the Department of War in a letter sent Friday to the United States Assistant to the S...

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 22h

#ThisIsJournalism. And we need it more than ever.
#PressFreedom.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 23h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 1d

For over a decade, we @citizenlab.ca have documented extensive abuse of NSO Group's spyware, including being used to target political opposition, journalists, activists, human rights defenders and US govt officials.

*This sale should not be permitted*

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Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

The targeted Oct. 13, 2023 Israeli attack that killed @reuters.com journalist Issam Abdallah and wounded 6 others in south Lebanon was a war crime, a United Nations rapporteur said Friday.

Journalists are civilians under international humanitarian law — they are #NotATarget.

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UN: Deadly 2023 Israel attack on Reuters, AFP journalists in Lebanon was war crime

A United Nations rapporteur on Friday said an Israeli attack on south Lebanon on Oct. 13, 2023, that killed a Reuters journalist and wounded others, including two from AFP, was a war crime.Morris...

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Maria Ressa @mariaressa.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo urges news outlets not to ‘sell out’ for click-bait www.rappler.com/world/global... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Pope Leo urges news outlets not to 'sell out' for click-bait

On the use of artificial intelligence tools, Pope Leo asks reporters to fight against 'junk' information and to help people recognize fact from fiction

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 2d

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Pope hails role of news agencies in 'post-truth', AI world

Pope Leo XIV Thursday hailed the work of news agencies as a bulwark in an increasingly "post-truth" world, and warned of the dangers of relying on artificial intelligence for information.

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 2d

"Limiting the media’s ability to report on the U.S. military fails to honor the American families who have entrusted their [children] to serve in it, or the taxpayers responsible for giving the department hundreds of billions of dollars..” -Pentagon Press Association.
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Pentagon charges ahead with press restrictions ‘designed to stifle a free press,’ media orgs say | CNN Business

Military officials are pushing forward with new restrictions on the Pentagon press corps despite objections from news organizations and watchdog groups.

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 3d

Money money money money.....
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Sponsored Hate: How Politicians Paid for Meta Ads to Attack Journalists - VSquare.org

Across the Visegrád countries, politicians have increasingly used paid social media ads to attack journalists, human rights activists, and civil society organizations.

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 3d

"Today, I was the first immigrant journalist to be deported. Tomorrow, it can be another one and then the U.S. citizen journalists can face punishment. It's horrible." - Mario Guevara.
#PressFreedom

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Journalist Mario Guevara speaks on deportation and time in ICE custody: "They destroyed my family"

Journalist Mario Guevara says the separation from his family following his deportation has left him devastated.

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 3d

Russia is still killing journalists: cpj.org/2025/10/russ...

Russian drone kills French journalist Antoni Lallican in Ukraine - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, October 3, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the killing of French photojournalist Antoni Lallican in a Russian drone attack on Friday. “CPJ is deeply alarmed by the Russia...

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 3d

It's been 19 years: "A journalist renowned for her critical coverage of the Chechen-Russian conflict, Politkovskaya was found dead in her apartment building in Moscow." According to police, she "was shot, and a pistol and four bullet casings were recovered."
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Anna Politkovskaya - Committee to Protect Journalists

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 3d

"The Pentagon has given media outlets that wish to have access to the building one week to review its new policy and decide whether to sign it. A failure to sign could mean that they won’t receive press credentials."
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Rachel Levinson-Waldman @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social · 4d

Great piece from @dell.bsky.social at @wired.com about ICE's newest foray into social media monitoring: the agency is putting out feelers for contractors who can do on-site, open source intel 24/7 for ICE's Targeting Operations Division (TOD). 1/ www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 5d

Mil gracias a @elpais.com y a @channeldraw.bsky.social por la excelente cobertura a la realidad de los periodistas en #Gaza.

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Objetivo: matar al periodista

El ejército de Israel ha matado a dos centenares de informadores en Gaza en los últimos dos años, mientras el Gobierno de Netanyahu prohíbe la entrada de la prensa internacional a la Franja. Es una si...

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NPR @npr.org · 5d

After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.

Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations

After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Breaking News: Paramount is buying The Free Press for $150 million and appointing Bari Weiss, the news site's co-founder, as the editor in chief of CBS News. nyti.ms/4gUnu5D

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 5d

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Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 6d

Journalists are civilians and must never be targeted. Deliberately targeting journalists is a war crime. #EndImpunity

Ukrainian Ground Forces "said that Lallican had been killed by a “targeted strike” from a first-person-view (FPV) drone."

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Russian drone kills French journalist Antoni Lallican in Ukraine - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, October 3, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the killing of French photojournalist Antoni Lallican in a Russian drone attack on Friday. “CPJ is deeply alarmed by the Russia...

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, Chicago.
"This is a hospital. Do you have a signed judicial warrant for him? I am asking. I am asking. I did not touch you. I did not touch you," she said as she was handcuffed.
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Chicago alderwoman arrested by ICE agents while checking on detainee at hospital in Humboldt Park

A Chicago alderwoman was arrested by ICE agents on Friday afternoon inside a hospital in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 8d

The Pentagon is ordering journalists to sign a gag pledge—even with respect to gathering unclassified information. Here are the facts.
#Pentagon #Journalism #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #Democracy #BreakingNews #NewsExplained

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 7d

Jailed Chinese journalist and CPJ awardee Dong Yuyu’s espionage conviction is “purely political,” his son told CPJ.

“The international community needs to remind the Chinese government that releasing my father does more good to China than keeping him imprisoned," Dong Yifu said.

Son of jailed Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu says espionage conviction ‘purely political’ - Committee to Protect Journalists

Punishment of hard labor, censorship, and threats of demotion over more than three decades did not stop Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu from doing his work. It was lunch with a diplomat that finally…

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Neil Vigdor @gettingviggy.bsky.social · 7d

The Salvadoran journalist was arrested in June while covering a “No Kings” protest outside Atlanta. Those charges were dropped, his lawyers said. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Journalist Mario Guevara Is Deported After Being Held for Over 100 Days

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 7d

This story is very well reported. Thank you!

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jenna ruddock @ruddock.bsky.social · 7d

the Trump admin just deported an award-winning journalist known for his reporting on ICE and got Apple to block ICE-spotter apps — all while churning out highly-produced social media content from violent ICE raids in Chicago. it’s their media or no media. www.techpolicy.press/amidst-viole...

Amidst Violent Immigration Raids, DHS Turns to Big Tech to Silence Dissent | TechPolicy.Press

Free Press advocacy director Jenna Ruddock says the Trump administration is targeting anyone monitoring its expanding immigration enforcement operations.

www.techpolicy.press

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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 7d

Exactly. 🙏

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