New Trump Appointee Puts Global Internet Freedom at Risk, Critics Say
WASHINGTON — When Michael Pack, a conservative filmmaker and ally of Stephen K. Bannon, recently fired the heads of four U.S. government-funded news outlets, many...
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Reading Orwell for the Fourth of July
This Fourth of July, it’s worth taking stock of the state of freedom — and of our attitudes toward it — at home and around...
Hong Kong Security Law Sends a Chill Over the City
HONG KONG — A museum that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre is rushing to digitize its archives, afraid its artifacts could be seized. Booksellers...
Global Leaders Urge U.S. to Protect Reporters Amid Floyd Protests
A police officer near the White House slams a riot shield into a cameraman’s chest. The authorities in Minneapolis fire projectiles at a TV crew,...
Philippine Dissenters May Face Terrorist Designation
MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines is expected to sign sweeping antiterrorism legislation that critics said on Thursday would allow the authorities to...
A.C.L.U. Sues Minneapolis, Claiming Police Tactics Violated Freedom of Press
ImagePolice confronted protesters on Sunday in Minneapolis who were marching after the killing of George Floyd.Credit…Victor J. Blue for The New York Times Dozens of...
At George Floyd Protests, Police Attacks on the First Amendment
When George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, the scourge of police violence, festering for generations, became a rallying point for...
Australia Wants Answers After Police Attack Reporters in U.S. Protests
The Australian prime minister has called for an investigation into an attack on two Australian journalists by police officers during protests outside the White House...
Police Target Journalists as Trump Blames ‘Lamestream Media’ for Protests
Barbara Davidson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, was covering a protest near The Grove shopping mall in Los Angeles on Saturday when a police officer ordered...
Beijing Threatens Hong Kong’s Companies and Workers
HONG KONG — China and its allies are using threats and pressure to get business to back Beijing’s increasingly hard-line stance toward Hong Kong, leading...