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ACTION ALERT

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Help Pass the PRESS Act to Protect Journalists and their Sources
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Finally, a strong shield law that will protect journalists against
government surveillance and forced disclosure of confidential
sources.

Our government shouldn’t be spying on journalists. Nor should
law enforcement agencies force journalists to identify their
confidential sources or go to prison.

But the reality is that both Democratic and Republican
administrations have secretly subpoenaed reporters’ emails and
phone records to hunt down their sources. That chills essential
newsgathering and whistleblowing, and it needs to stop now.

The Protect Reporters from Exploitive State Spying (PRESS) Act
is a long overdue federal shield law that provides protections to
journalists against government surveillance and forced
disclosure of confidential sources. It has already passed the
House of Representatives on a voice vote. Importantly, the
PRESS Act has an appropriately broad definition of the
practice of journalism, covering both professional and citizen
journalists, and it applies regardless of a journalist’s
political leanings or medium of publication. 

Now, we need your help to send a strong message to the
Senate that passing these protections must be an immediate
priority.

TAKE ACTION
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TELL THE SENATE TO PROTECT THE PRESS

On at least 12 occasions since 1990, law enforcement
threatened journalists with jail or home confinement
for refusing to give up their sources; some reporters
served months in jail. 

Elected officials must do more about these abuses than
preside over after-the-fact apologies. The PRESS Act is a
long overdue protection. We have sent Congress a clear
message to pass it; please join us by sending your own
email to the Senate. 



Yours,
Joe Mullin
​​​​​​​EFF Activism Team

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