Article 19 of Marco Civil plays an important role in providing for the free flow of information online, RCFP argues in a letter to the Brazilian Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that challenges the constitutionality of the federal bar on “encouraging or ...

RCFP's Gabe Rottman tells the human story behind the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that strengthened protections for ...

Efforts to reform or, in the words of former President Donald J. Trump, “open up” defamation law are not new, though they tend to collide with the Supreme Court’s long-established precedent on the ...

Background: In 2021, WBTV reporter David Hodges submitted a request under the North Carolina Public Records Act for information related to a contract the city of Charlotte reached with the consulting ...

Background: After five former Memphis police officers were charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols, the Shelby County Criminal Court entered two separate “gag” orders preventing the release of certain ...

News Media & The Law photo by Jamie Schuman Spectators line up outside the Supreme Court hoping to get one… It was pouring rain the last day the Supreme Court heard oral argument this spring, but that ...

Background: Beginning in March 2022, McCurtain Gazette reporter Chris Willingham submitted Oklahoma Open Records Act requests to the McCurtain County Sheriff’s Office seeking information related to ...

The 2023 Freedom of the Press Awards will be held October 11, 2023 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York. For information about sponsorship of the 2023 Freedom of the Press Awards, please see our ...

If passed, the bills would leave journalists and news outlets with fewer protections from meritless lawsuits and ...