CPJ Safety Advisory: Pegasus spyware used to target journalists, civil society
October 1, 2018 5:34 PM ET
In a report published on September 18, Citizen Lab said it had detected Pegasus, a spyware created for mobile devices, in over 45 countries. Pegasus, which transforms a cellphone into a mobile surveillance station, could have been deployed against...
CPJ joins call for Sweden to uphold human rights in EU regulation on surveillance equipment exports
September 13, 2018 11:23 AM ET
The Committee to Protect Journalists wrote to Annika Ben David, Sweden's ambassador-at-large for human rights, as part of a coalition of eight other civil society organizations....
New cybersecurity law threatens press freedom in Vietnam
June 12, 2018 10:43 AM ET
Bangkok, June 12, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned a new cybersecurity law that was passed today by Vietnam's National Assembly as a clear threat to press freedom and called on the Vietnamese government immediately to repeal it....
CPJ expresses concerns with the U.S. CLOUD Act
March 20, 2018 11:00 AM ET
New York, March 20, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed its concerns with the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act and its potential to expose journalists to targeting by foreign governments. The CLOUD Act would make...
Weinstein-BlackCube surveillance claim exposes aggressive tactics to kill a story
February 7, 2018 2:26 PM ET
Those with deep pockets can go to great lengths to push back against journalism they find objectionable. Billionaire Peter Thiel deployed a team of lawyers in a move that bankrupted the news site Gawker in 2016--and last month President...
Why release of two journalists in Ethiopia does not signal end to press crackdown
January 25, 2018 4:08 PM ET
On January 10, radio journalists Darsema Sori and Khalid Mohammed were released from prison after serving lengthy sentences related to their work at the Ethiopian faith-based station Radio Bilal. Despite their release and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn's promise earlier...
How US vote to extend NSA program could expose journalists to surveillance
January 23, 2018 2:43 PM ET
The U.S. Senate last week approved a six-year extension to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act (FISA), in a move that could put journalists at risk. Because people targeted by Section 702 are often of interest...
CPJ joins call for EU to stop surveillance software going to rights abusers
January 16, 2018 2:51 PM ET
The Committee to Protect Journalists today joined a group of human rights groups in calling on the European Parliament to vote tomorrow in favor of legislation that could prevent surveillance equipment from going to rights-abusing governments....