Democratic shakedown USA happening now.

Still sadly hyper relevant: our Free Press study on how corporate media bends the knee to Trump in rolling back DEI and softening criticism of the admin on these topics.

Democratic shakedown USA happening now.

TONIGHT! RSVP in the link below this post. @amnesty.org @pressfreedom.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social

I somehow thought Trump would look more visibly thrilled as an aspiring authoritarian. I thought he'd relish it more out in the open. He seems to have lost the thrill of it all. Only a visit from Mamdani made his giggle like the old days.

More of the authoritarian playbook attacking media freedom and threatening journalistic independence. This is something I outline in our report CHOKEHOLD (below). www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...

"Democratic erosion is rarely a single dramatic break; it’s a series of plausibly deniable moves that normalize power over principle." I wrote that last December in our CHOKEHOLD report for @freepress.bsky.social. And it's my favorite line I revisit often lately. www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...

Corporate media's rejection of Bolsonaro in Brazil & Orban in Hungary have been CRITICAL in these countries' fights against authoritarianism. Which makes me oddly hopeful we're seeing a tide shift in the US as corporate media rejects the govt's censorial campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/b...

"Democratic erosion is rarely a single dramatic break; it’s a series of plausibly deniable moves that normalize power over principle." I wrote that last December in our CHOKEHOLD report for @freepress.bsky.social. And it's my favorite line I revisit often lately. www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...

Tomorrow, I'll be speaking at an event hosted by @amnesty.org @freepress.bsky.social commemorating World Press Freedom Day & the public's right to know. Critical to fight for access & independence amid rising authoritarianism. RSVP below & join us!! www.amnestyusa.org/campaigns/wo...

Join @amnesty.org and our @attorneynora.bsky.social on Tuesday, May 12, for "The Press Under Threat: Protecting Journalism and the Public’s Right to Know." This webinar will discuss the current threats facing journalists and media workers globally. www.amnestyusa.org/campaigns/wo...

Tomorrow, I'll be speaking at an event hosted by @amnesty.org @freepress.bsky.social commemorating World Press Freedom Day & the public's right to know. Critical to fight for access & independence amid rising authoritarianism. RSVP below & join us!! www.amnestyusa.org/campaigns/wo...

The days of the FCC as a paper tiger are numbered. What the public will remember is who complied in advance and who fought back. I'm glad Disney is choosing courage over capitulation.

The @glaad.bsky.social Social Media Safety Index is essential research & record of the consistent failures by platforms to hold themselves to their own policies & their abandoning principles of integrity, trust, safety, and free expression. I always cite to this. Kudos @jenniolsonsf.bsky.social:

Visas revoked for journalistic outlet board members who criticized Trump allies. Very bad for First Amendment freedoms of the press & to speak truth to power. Fits alongside the attacks on Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, & tech researchers for their free speech. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/w...

Cambridge Disinformation Summit discussion of Freedom of Expression and Censorship. @emma-briant.co.uk @attorneynora.bsky.social @jameeljaffer.bsky.social @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social youtu.be/xoCX2Xy3daI?...

This is part of a much larger pattern of censorship and repression by the Trump admin, which I chronicled in my @freepress.bsky.social report from Dec. 2025 CHOKEHOLD, examining nearly 200 attempts last year to undermine dissent, press, freedom: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...

Chilly in here!! abcnews.com/Politics/wir...

Brrr ... it's getting cold up in here from that chill of Trump's attempt to ramp up his next big lie. Oof. abcnews.com/Politics/wir...

foreign meddling with industry is ok if you're building a corrupt global autocratic corporatist agitprop coalition

Attacks on officials records & history is the frontier for control now. Trump has removed .gov sites, purged words govt can use, rewritten park & museum placards, renamed centers. Archival work is one of the most essential things we can do to prepare to rebuild democracy in 15 yrs.

Far-right and authoritarian trends are rising. This is not just a MAGA movement. It's happening in Latin America, Africa, the EU, the UK: www.courthousenews.com/a-year-into-...

So here's what lots of folks are thinking about: the midterms are coming. SCOTUS has authorized racial gerrymandering. Trump wants to drive up civil unrest so he can legitimize invoking military presence near polling locations. It's a bad scenario if you play it out. But we ALL have agency to act.

Lawmakers lost the plot or never wanted to act it. Tech is extractive, predatory, predictive & discriminatory. The onus should be on corporations to mitigate harm. The problem is not “kids safety” — age verification keeps getting struck down by courts as violative of First Amendment.

How about we enforce identity verification measures for chatbots?

Least free for the most vulnerable. The opposite of what humanity should strive for.

I assure you, whatever power you think you have -- you have more. Use it.

So here's what lots of folks are thinking about: the midterms are coming. SCOTUS has authorized racial gerrymandering. Trump wants to drive up civil unrest so he can legitimize invoking military presence near polling locations. It's a bad scenario if you play it out. But we ALL have agency to act.

Jeopardy question: What country are these people from who had their visas to the U.S. revoked for criticizing another country's president? And it's not Israel.

Visas revoked for journalistic outlet board members who criticized Trump allies. Very bad for First Amendment freedoms of the press & to speak truth to power. Fits alongside the attacks on Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, & tech researchers for their free speech. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/w...

Sounds like censorship and frankly deeply disturbing given the lack of expertise in house. But by all means, Biden's team pushing for covid lies to have platform policies applied by tech folks -- that was more worrisome? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/t...

This World Press Freedom Day, systematic obstruction of reporters & erosion of press freedom have reached a 25-year high. Rising authoritarianism worldwide means journalism and dissent matter more than ever. I wrote this piece: pressingissues.org/this-world-p...

Just as Darnella Frazier filmed police murdering George Floyd in 2020, disturbing videos are engines of accountability. Bystander videos can debunk gov't lies & expose corrupt authoritarian practices, making everyday civilians a critical stopgap in fighting tyrannical regimes & muzzling of dissent.

Trump’s 2nd term has brought the largest, longest & most fervent attacks on free speech & press freedom. I documented how the admin is waging an unrelenting assault on dissent, collaborating with the most powerful & wealthy people to weaken our most basic freedoms. www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...

This World Press Freedom Day, systematic obstruction of reporters & erosion of press freedom have reached a 25-year high. Rising authoritarianism worldwide means journalism and dissent matter more than ever. I wrote this piece: pressingissues.org/this-world-p...

Read @attorneynora.bsky.social's "This #WorldPressFreedomDay, Fight for Truth-Tellers Everywhere Challenging Corrupt Dictators" because rising authoritarianism worldwide means journalism and dissent matter more than ever. pressingissues.org/this-world-p...

Trump's second term has brought with it the largest, longest and most fervent attacks on free speech and press freedom, as studied in Free Press' "Chokehold" by @attorneynora.bsky.social. www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...

Very proud of this piece today. Rising authoritarianism worldwide means journalism & dissent matter more than ever.

New Pressing Issues! @attorneynora.bsky.social marks World Press Freedom Day with a call to stand in solidarity with truth-tellers everywhere.

Very proud of this piece today. Rising authoritarianism worldwide means journalism & dissent matter more than ever.

Maybe voluntary language guidance documents from the HR department were not the top threat to free speech after all?

Read my report CHOKEHOLD for @freepress.bsky.social detailing the Trump admin's relentless assault on free speech & dissent. No one has been safe from attack -- media outlets, protesters, public officials, law firms, students, professors, the list goes on. www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...

Read my report CHOKEHOLD for @freepress.bsky.social detailing the Trump admin's relentless assault on free speech & dissent. No one has been safe from attack -- media outlets, protesters, public officials, law firms, students, professors, the list goes on. www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...

The effort to challenge the licenses of ABC/Disney-owned stations is the FCC's most egregious attack on the First Amendment to date. But it will fail. This should be a lesson to media companies that no amount of capitulation to this Administration will buy them protection.

Govt & private brokers swapping sensitive info on voters, drivers, biometric data is problematic. When govt buys this data, it violates Fourth Am. search & seizure limits & First Am. privacy & anonymity rights. Also the basis for 2016 election manipulation. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Good piece. "The ban [...] is based on questionable assumptions about under-16s’ vulnerability to social media & overlooks the broader harms platform business models present to all users.What’s needed is a hardline regime of regulation and education" across ages. theconversation.com/banning-soci...

This wild document is the basis for the State Department's decision to cancel the visas and green cards of tech researchers who study the social media platforms and of tech regulators who enforce privacy and transparency laws. Disclosed to us last night in @thecoalition.bsky.social v. Rubio.

In 2023(!), I wrote about how tech layoffs being offset by the promise of AI tools doing previously human jobs was BAD. Silicon Valley keeps investing into biased & ill-trained AI tools, keeps laying off humans, keeps building for profit only. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/t...

Good wedge to build on. But also: social media companies had a wave of whistleblowers & brand hits that ultimately just led to a swift and well-funded anti-accountability campaign, discrediting our tech accountability/disinfo research field & suing groups into oblivion for doing free speech work.

Govt & private brokers swapping sensitive info on voters, drivers, biometric data is problematic. When govt buys this data, it violates Fourth Am. search & seizure limits & First Am. privacy & anonymity rights. Also the basis for 2016 election manipulation. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...